Homework and Class Work for ENG 100A
Monday, Dec. 3, 2012
4th Period: Morgan Mitchell, Maddie Newton, Erika Oakley
INDEPENDENT WORK:
Read and complete the attached Rhetoric Anticipation Guide.
CLASSWORK:
1. Copy notes on rhetoric and argument from class lecture from another student.
2. View the Argument PPT. The class discussed each of the images to determine the argument it made. Evaluate
each image and record what you deem the argument being made is. Turn in for credit.
3. Complete the homework assignment attached for the following class.
4. Complete #2 on page 36 of Everything’s An Argument. Turn in for credit.
5. The class worked in groups to complete #4 on page 36 of Everything’s an Argument and then discussed.
Complete and turn in for credit.
ENG 100
Anticipation Guide – Rhetoric
Show that you agree or disagree with each statement by marking an X in the correct column. Then write a comment
about the statement in the blank space. You may add questions and statements as the lesson progresses.
AGREE
DISAGREE
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1. Rhetoric is the art of speaking and writing effectively.
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2. Rhetoric is the art of persuasion.
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3. Rhetoric has an approximately 3,300-year history.
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4. The emphasis of rhetoric is on meaning and how it is constructed or
conveyed.
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5. Rhetoric is traditionally associated with politics, law, public relations,
Lobbying, marketing and advertising.
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6. How one says something conveys as much meaning as what one
says.
ENG 100
EEA CHAPTER ONE HOMEWORK
Everything’s an Argument - Chapter One Homework
In a recent newspaper or periodical (magazine), find three editorials – one that makes a forensic argument, one a
deliberative argument, and one a ceremonial argument.
If you do not have access to a print newspaper or periodical you may access one of the following on-line sources:
http://www.kentucky.com/
The above site will link you to the Lexington Herald Leader. You will need to select the Opinion link, followed by the
Editorials link.
http://www.nytimes.com/
The above site will link you to the New York Times. You will need to select the Opinion link, followed by the Editorials
link.
http://www.usatoday.com/
The above site will link you to USA Today. You will need to select the Opinion link, followed by the Editorial Board link.
For each of the three editorials you choose complete the following and bring to class:
1. Cut out or print the editorial
2. Label your paper as follows:
a. In the upper right hand corner put your full name, the date, ENG 100 and the class period.
b. On the top lines of the paper, record the title of the editorial, the name of the newspaper or periodical
from which it was published, and the type of argument it represents (forensic, deliberative, ceremonial).
3. Record your thinking as you analyze the argument of each editorial by asking and answering these three
questions: Who is arguing? What purposes are the writers trying to achieve? To whom are they directing their
arguments?
4. Record your thinking, as you then consider whether the arguments’ purposes have been achieved in each case.
5. Record your thinking regarding the reasons for the arguments’ success, if the arguments’ purposes have been
achieved.
6. Be prepared to present your work to the class.