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Lesson 1 (from Part I: stay up late, Chapters 1-5)
Objective
Students will learn about Aristotle's appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos and will use their newfound understanding to perform an analysis of the argumentative strategies contained within the text.
Within David Sheff's memoir Beautiful Boy, the author seeks to prove many different claims, including the fact that American society must move toward viewing addiction as an illness, rather than as a crime. In creating the text's arguments and in seeking to prove them, Sheff uses many different strategies in order to prove the text’s claims, chiefly with the use of Aristotle's three appeals aimed at persuading the reader. By studying the use of ethos, pathos, and logos within the text, students will come to understand more deeply rhetorical devices that are used within argumentative pieces of writing.
Lesson
Group Activity: Research Aristotle's three persuasive types of appeals--ethos, pathos, and logos. Define each and give examples...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.3, 9-10.5, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.5, 11-12.10
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