The Rhetorical Situation

Vocab words on the board.

Quiz on the reading.

We look at Ch. 1.

Ch. 2:  read page 16 and in your daybook explain 1) why writing is valuable and 2) what rhetoric is.


The roots of rhetoric: Greece.  Athens.  Sparta.  Athens now.  Sparta now.

Who needs to be good at rhetoric nowadays?  What is a rhetorical situation?  What does genre mean?

Then you read Wong page 27 and Zoellner page 28 and then get into groups and discuss questions 2,4 and 5 page 30.

Homework:

1.  Read in Reid pages 16-26, then  46-49 and  52-53.

2.  In your daybook, do Freewriting: Inventory of Your Writing in the blue box on page 19.

3.  Then do #2 in the Warming Up -Journal Exercises on page 33.  You will bring to class on Weds. examples of FOUR different genres of writing and be prepared to discuss them.  You should describe them in your daybook and explain the purpose/audience/context for each.  Especially look for examples of ineffective writing.

4.  Two vocabulary words.