Saturday, October 26, 2013

Rhetorical Analysis: APOK


I know, it's not the "I Have a Dream" speech, but not everyone is Dr. King, but people make speeches all of the time for different reasons that can be inspiring (or not, depending on how you interpret each message).

For your initial response: determine the Audience, Purpose and Occasion for the following video, and then note whether or not Kutcher uses ethos, logos and pathos in his speech, and how he uses the elements you identify. Finally, say whether or not you think he was effective in his speech, and why (ex. how did he format his speech to help build his logos or ethos? How could he have better formatted his speech and why?).



In your reply: ask your classmate a question about his/her post regarding his/her thought-process regarding one or more of the determinations he/she makes (ex. "Do you really think his audience was the people sitting at the Teen Choice Awards or were they the people sitting at home?).

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Logical Fallacies


Watch the following video:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-june-28-2007/immigrant-disease

Look at the different logical fallacies that you see in the video. Find a video, news article, or interview that has at least one of fallacies depicted in the video. Post a link to your found source, and then name and define the fallacy you noticed in your source.

Post your initial post by Wednesday, October 9th. Post your reply to a classmate by Friday, October 11th.

Your reply should address your classmate's source. Respond by listing at least one additional fallacy your classmate might have missed, and why you think the fallacy should be addressed, or respond by addressing whether or not you believe your classmate has rightly addressed his/her fallacy in his/her source.

As always, stay professional with your classmates.