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Watch the following clip from the movie "We Are Marshall".  List THREE APPEALS that the coach uses in his speech, with text evidence. Why would he choose those specific appeals for his audience?

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We Are Marshall (3/5) Movie CLIP - We Cannot Lose (2006) HD

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Awareness Campaign Video: "Know the Signs of Human Trafficking"

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Awareness Campaign Video: "Know the Signs of Human Trafficking"

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*use headphones* Watch the video below. Comment TWO APPEALS that this video utilized in order to get their message across. Explain how each appeal is used, whether or not you thought they were effective, and why.

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PSA: LEARN the signs of HUMAN TRAFFICKING

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*use headphones* This song has two sides being presented. Give two rhetoric devices that each side uses, and explain who you think was more effective in their argument and why.

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Open Letter: "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr. 

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Open Letter: "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr. 

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Reading the section from the letter given to you. As a whole class, decide what two appeals King uses most effectively in this passage. Then, each group must identify two additional rhetorical devices in the paragraph and LIST THEM BELOW this column.

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Article: "The Argument Against Headphones"

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Article: "The Argument Against Headphones"

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Read the following article and identify two things that made the author's argument strong, and two things that made it weak, citing text evidence to prove your point.

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Not only do they isolate you, but they may also be making you deaf.

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Short Story: "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. 

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Short Story: "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. 

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Read the following narrative and comment below what the focus statement behind this piece could be. Provide three pieces of text evidence that backs up your predicted focus statement.

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This story was first published in 1894 as The Dream of an Hour before being republished under this title in 1895. We encourage students and teachers to use our The Story of An Hour Study Guide and Feminist Literature Study Guide.

Carl Halsoe, Waiting by the Window, 1863

Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.

It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of "killed." He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message.

She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her.

There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.

She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.

There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window.

She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.

She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength. But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a suspension of intelligent thought.

There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name. But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air.

Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously. She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will--as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been. When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under the breath: "free, free, free!" The vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes. They stayed keen and bright. Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body.

She did not stop to ask if it were or were not a monstrous joy that held her. A clear and exalted perception enabled her to dismiss the suggestion as trivial. She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead. But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome.

There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature. A kind intention or a cruel intention made the act seem no less a crime as she looked upon it in that brief moment of illumination.

And yet she had loved him--sometimes. Often she had not. What did it matter! What could love, the unsolved mystery, count for in the face of this possession of self-assertion which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being!

"Free! Body and soul free!" she kept whispering.

Josephine was kneeling before the closed door with her lips to the keyhole, imploring for admission. "Louise, open the door! I beg; open the door--you will make yourself ill. What are you doing, Louise? For heaven's sake open the door."

"Go away. I am not making myself ill." No; she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window.

Her fancy was running riot along those days ahead of her. Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long.

She arose at length and opened the door to her sister's importunities. There was a feverish triumph in her eyes, and she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory. She clasped her sister's waist, and together they descended the stairs. Richards stood waiting for them at the bottom.

Someone was opening the front door with a latchkey. It was Brently Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained, composedly carrying his grip-sack and umbrella. He had been far from the scene of the accident, and did not even know there had been one. He stood amazed at Josephine's piercing cry; at Richards' quick motion to screen him from the view of his wife.

When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills.

Earlier, I pointed out that this story was first published in 1894 as The Dream of an Hour before being republished in 1895 as The Story of an Hour. Having read the story, why do you suppose Kate Chopin chose to change that one word? Given societal norms and expecations about women and marriage in 1895, do you see how simply changing a single word in the title may have been an answer to the controversy and criticism that the story received at that time?

The Story of an Hour is one of the stories featured in our collection of Short Stories for High School I and Short Short Stories to read when you have five minutes to indulge yourself reading a great story.

Add The Story of An Hour to your library.

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The Story of An Hour, a Short Story by Kate Chopin.

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SW: "Explaining My Depression to my Mother"

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SW: "Explaining My Depression to my Mother"

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*use headphones* Watch the following spoken word and comment below THREE PERSUASIVE STRATEGIES about this spoken word that were effective. Think beyond just the words that are being said.

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Sabrina Benaim - Explaining My Depression to My Mother

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Repetition- "why" he used why a lot throughout his speech.
Metaphor-"when you have seen the viscous mob lynch your mothers and fathers" he use's this to show emotion to the clergymen>

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Emotion- by expressing her feelings she is trying to pull the audience to feel more.
Trust- by raising her voice trying to pull the audience to know and feel her pain.
Reason- throughout the spoken word she is making her reason known many times.

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Reason-in the video he is stating facts about signs of human trafficking.
Emotion- by showing and stating reasons he's making the audience pull in and making them feel.

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The focus statement is dealing with pain the women wept. the women wanted to be alone. then started imaging life by her self.

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Repetition- Martin Luther King Jr. repeats the word wait throughout his speech.
Metaphor- "Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation."

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Amplification-  He often uses emphasis on god and the faith of the people.
Metaphor- "We should never forget that everything Hitler did in germany was 'legal'-- It was 'illegal' to aid and comfort a jew in Hitlers germany. Even so, i am sure that, had i lived in germany at the time, i would have aided my jewish brothers."

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Personification - "Who ave never felt the stinging darts of segregation." In this quote,  Martin Luther King is giving "darts" which are a nonliving object, a human characteristic of stinging.

Epizeuxis - "Justice too long delayed is justice denied." Martin Luther King is emphasizing how they will never get justice by using the word justice twice.

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Metaphor- "Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt stinging darts of segregation..." He explains that segregation is painful and unwanted.
Repetition-  "For years now I have the heard the word Wait!"
"This Wait has almost always never meant never" Martin Luther repeats himself to get across the fact that they have already tried waiting and that path has failed.

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Personification- "clouds form in her little mental sky" giving sky the same classification of her mind making it seem like its hers
repetition- that my actions are unwise and untimely" "the action in Birmingham is untimely" by repeating untimely, hes showing that many people still disagree with him.

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Appeal to Emotion- he is talking about an emotional subject to motivate the team to not to dwell on the past.  he talks to the team about how the six team members were more than just teammates and that they were like family.
Appeal to Authority- he is an authority figure to the team.
Appeal to Question- he asks the the team questions to motivate them.

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Antiphrasis- saying "Daddy or Cash" The way it is being referred is not talking about an actual daddy or actual cash
Amplification- He used to word victim a lot to show that the people who are most affected are hurt

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metaphor: "they have carved a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment."
onomatopoeia: "this 'wait' has almost always meant "never"".

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Allusion - This Congress does not speak for me! the congress trying to suppress him for his sayings and beliefs

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Metaphor - "Anxiety felt obligated to bring Depression to the party, Mom I am the party!" She uses this metaphor to describe how she feels about anxiety and how with anxiety comes depression.

Tone of voice - In the beginning of the video, she was able to fluently talk and able to describe how she would explain her anxiety to her mom. Towards the end of the video though she becomes loud and can't control her emotions.

Body language - In the beginning of the video, we can see that she is calm and her body language shows that she isn't scared to describe her experience. But throughout the video she starts yelling more and waving her arms around as she describes her experiences.

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Metaphors- The author reading this poem often used metaphors, by describing herself as the party and depression and anxiety as uninvited guests. She also used the metaphors of candles and bears wit fireflies. However because of the constant use of metaphors the true feeling of depression gets lost, or perhaps she is trying to make it easier in terms to understand for others.

Enumeratio- In this poem she used this when she spoke of her mom mentioning the feel of why she doesn't want to use the candles, or how she speaks of taking a walk and thinking of the happiness she cant reach

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Seabury uses amplification- he repeats himself saying "for shame, for shame"
Seabury
Hamilton uses allusion- Hamilton says "why should a tiny island across the sea regulate the price of tea?" Hamilton refers to Great Britian.
Hamilton uses a metaphor- "my dog speaks more eloquently than thee" He compares his dog and how Seabury talks.
Seabury uses repetition- He repeats "chaos and bloodshed are not a solution," telling Hamilton this is not the right move.

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body language- shaking/ frantic
emotion- she Is crying at the end because these emotions are real
projection- she is speaking loudly and clearly about her situation.

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welling up in her eyes- ononatopeia
twenty million negro brothers - hyperbole

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The focus statement: Not dealing with heart break properly causing physical damage. "quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams."

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The focus statement is being emotionally unstable can result in physical destruction.  " She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead. But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely."

"Go away. I am not making myself ill." No; she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window."
"When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills."

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appeal to reason- this video contains a lot of facts and evidence.
appeal to emotion- the music seems sad and serious.

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The focus statement of this narrative seems to be that if you don't deal with emotional damage properly it can result to even worse, physical damage. "She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms."  (Evidence 1)  " Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul." (Evidence 2)  " except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams." (Evidence 3)

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Strong: The amount of teenagers with severe hearing loss since 1994, has jumped 33%.
Headphone users that listen to  music at high volumes for more than an hour a day, risk permanent hearing loss after five years.
Weak: Headphone users are more likely to be anti-social.
The study shows that kids who don't use headphones, they are protecting their brains.

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Appeal to Emotion - "Today, if you saw someone chained to a post you would do something about it." This is appeal to emotion because he saying that if we would see something like this it would take a emotional toll on someones mind.

Appeal to Reason - The man informing us about human trafficking brings up very specific details and facts about how to see if someone is going through human trafficking and how to report it.

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Appeal to Authority
hes using his position and authority to get a message passed.
Appeal to reason
giving everyone facts to help getting message across.
appleal to emotion
making them feel what others are going threw.

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Strength: One in five teenagers in America can't hear rustles or whispers.
Number of teenagers with hearing loss -from slight to severe - has jumped 33% since 1994.
Weakness:
Headphones are extremely useful - and necessary for sound professionals.
Indeed, the device seems to solve a real problem by simultaneously letting them have private auditory experiences and keeping shared spaces quiet.

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Metaphor- Hamilton references a metaphor, explaining that his dog and Seabury talk alike, when he states that "his dog can speak more eloquently than thee."

Repetition- Seabury repeats "for shame, for shame" throughout his part.

Allusion- The congress does not speak for me! Showing that he is not going to have anyone speak for him, only himself.

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Appeal to emotion- The coach refers to the players who lost their life and attempts to inspire his team through this.
Appeal to trust- The coach tells them "they dont know your heart, I do". He attempts to persuade them into thinking they have what it takes and that they have worked very hard for this.
Appeal to reason- The coach tells his team that the other team is "better on paper" but with this he knows his team can win despite this because of their heart and determination.

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Hamilton mentions a metaphor talking about his dog "my dog speaks eloquently than thee" he simply compares the way the dog and seabury talk and express themselves.

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strength- study shows that kids who don't use headphones are protecting their ears more. teenagers since 1994 servere hearing loss had increased by 33%.