Students will be writing an argumentative/persuasive essay utilizing the Appeals and Rhetorical devices:
An argumentative or persuasive essay is a type of writing that aims to convince the reader of a particular point of view or persuade them to take a specific action. The primary goal is to present a well-reasoned argument supported by evidence, logical reasoning, and rhetorical appeals.
1. Learning about the Rhetorical Appeals:
2. Here are the materials to inform yourself about the two sides to the issue of ChatGPT in education and as a general societal concern.
- Assignment: Annotations on the AI Ted Talks
- notes on the TED Talks which include where they use the Rhetorical appeals and other persuasive writing devices; remember all persuasive writing is a process of WHAT are you going to say (content) and HOW are you going to say it (stylistic choices and persuasive techniques)
- Pro Maurice Conti
- Con – Sam Harris
- Chart on Resources – your own research for the essay using the resources I have assembled: Resources Pro – Con
- Articles:
3. Resources for the essay:
- The Essay as a genre – 2
- quotation-integration-and-transitions
- 10 Rhetorical Strategies
- Formatting and Attribution for in text attribution
- How to Write a Hook
- Quote-integration 2023 for direct quotes
- How I used Chat GPT
4. Instructional documents for the essay:
- Graphic Organizer for Persuasive Essay
- English Studies 12 Persuasive Essay Semester Two 2024
- Some organizational thoughts about the assignment and process
- Chat GPT Essay Editing Checklist
- Intro Essay Persuasive Essay Assessment Rubric
- Ms. Shong’s email – kshong@sd43.bc.ca
- the daily agenda is posted on the tab “Today in English 12”
- Course documents for each unit can be found in the pull-down menus. You will need a password to access the documents.
Some helpful links for English 12:
- Thinking of an English Major at University? Here are a list of careers you can explore with an English degree
- Sift your words!
- Play Free Rice
- Play bean bean bean
- English is Weird!
- Etymology Dictionary (the origin of words)
- Shmoop quote finder
- The origin of idioms and proverbs
- Word Hippo – a great way to learn new vocabulary
- Grammar girl
- Note-taking tips
- Digital Story-telling tools
- 150 great articles and essays
- Great Reads from the New York Times
- New York Times article of the day
- This I Believe Essays
- Pros and Con of Controversial issues
- famous expressions from literature
- Here is a recent article that I found very interesting
- Vox – Understand the News: has interesting articles
- Big Think – Videos and Articles
- A very interesting article about The Game of Thrones and how it is an allegory for our times.