Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Tuesday / Wednesday, April 30 and May 1 creating a powerpoint on your annotated bibliography



Power Point presentation to align with annotated bibliography

Coming up: on Thursday and Friday you will be presenting the power points that you will create on Monday and Tuesday.

New vocabulary: Rhetorical Devices (copy below/ class handout) Quiz on Friday, May 10.

At this point, Ms. DiPerna should have received all your annotated bibliographies. You have a copy of the document.



In class work for Tuesday, April 30 and Wednesday, May 1
Presentation to be shared on Thursday, May 2 and Friday, May 3

Note: the combination of your powerpoint and your presentation will count as a writing grade: 50% category.

Directions for creating a power point:

You will have a total of 6 slides. All slides must have an off-white background, no bright white.
Slide 1: title slide; write the name of your research project and in small font beneath your full name. Be mindful of capitalization and spelling. On this same slide place a small image OR behind the text fill the screen with a photo that aligns with your topic.

Slides 2 through 6 These five slides should each have a couple of images that reflect 5 aspects of your research. You may put no more than six words on each slide.
By the end of class on Wednesday, these must be shared with Parker (2006630).What are you going to do with these?
On Thursday, May 2, your presentation will be opened and you will have 3 minutes to share from the front of the class your information.
1.       What was your topic choice? (first slide)
2.       Followed by the next five slides where you will briefly share out five points that you have learned.
3.       Ms. DiPerna will open the slide document and keep the pace.
4.       You will be graded upon having followed the slide directions:
   Title slide plus 5 more
                               No white backgrounds
                               Clearly visible, relevant images
                   No more than six clue words on the slide
                    Ready to go on Thursday (you will not have access to a Chromebook)
                   Presentation skills: face audience, articulate your sentences, and project your voice
                     And content knowledge

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Rhetorical Devices vocabulary  quiz on Friday, May 10


Rhetoric is a technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form. It is an art of discourse, which studies and employs various methods to convince, influence or please an audience.

What are rhetorical devices? Rhetorical devices are strategies used to put forth your argument. Note that figurative language devices (those marked with an asterisk below) are common rhetorical language devices


Device                                   Definition
1.      anaphora             the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
2.      epistrophe         the repetition of a word at the end of each phrase or clause: “I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”
3.      analogy                 the comparison of two pairs that have the same relationship. The key is to ascertain the relationship between the first so you can choose the correct second pair. Part to whole, opposites, results of are types of relationships you should find
4.      apostrophe    interruption of thought to directly address a person or a personification: “So, I ask you, dear reader, what would you have me do?”
5.      imagery                 language that evokes one or all of the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling 
                                   touching
6.        counterpoints   contrasting ideas such as black/white, darkness/light, good/bad
7.       * hyperbole          exaggeration or overstatement
8.       irony   an expression, often humorous or sarcastic, that exposes perversity or absurdity

Aristotelian Appeals
9.   logos  appeals to the head using logic, numbers, explanations, and facts. Through Logos, a writer aims at a person's intellect. The idea is that if you are logical, you will understand
10.    ethos  appeals to the conscience, ethics, morals, standards, values, principles
11. pathos  appeals to the heart, emotions, sympathy, passions, sentimentality.


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