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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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Allusion-- "Adolf Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was "illegal"

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Enumeratio: "In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action."
Alliteration: "... find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering..."

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Metaphor is used in the letter when he talks about people being sprayed by water viciously  "But when you see vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim".

Simile is good for this letter, "perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say", "Wait".

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This would be an example of an allusion and one quote would be. "Adolf Hitler did in Germany was illegal and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did was illegal."
appeal to emotion and here is a quote to back it up
"explain to your six year old daughter why she cant go tot he pubic amusement park that has been advertised and published on the television and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told fun town is closed to colored children"

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Hyperbole is used in the letter in the fourth paragraph Martin Luther King Jr. said "For years now I have heard the word "wait!"
Appostive is used in the letter in the 10th paragraph MLK says "but as a fellow clergyman and a Christian brother."

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I saw logos in paragraph 6 " One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that 'an unjust law is no law at all.'". I also seen a simile in paragraph 9 "They have carved a tunnel of hope through the dark mounting of disappointment.".

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Hyperbole is used when Martin Luther King said "for years now I have heard the word "wait"
Allusion is used when he said "everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was illegal"

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Allusion: "We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was "illegal." (paragraph 8)

Metaphor: "Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear drenched communities." (paragraph 10)

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Enumeration is used when Martin Luther king says "when you have seen hate filled policemen curse, kick an even kill your black brothers and sisters"

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metaphor - airtight cage of poverty
enumeratio - there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self purification; and direct action.

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logos in paragraph 6 " One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that 'an unjust law is no law at all.'" also saw a simile in paragraph, 9 "They have carved a tunnel of hope through the dark mounting of disappointment."

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Alliteration: "It gives the segregator a false sense of superiority and the segregated a false sense of inferiority."
Allusion: "Segregation, to use the terminology of the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, substitutes an "I it" relationship for an "I thou relationship."

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Metaphor is used when Martin Luther King says "perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation"

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A Metaphor is used when he talks about people being sprayed with water  "when you see vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim"

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Seabury
Epizeuxis "I pray the King shows you his mercy. For shame! For shame!"
Epizeuxis "A message from the king! A message from the king! A message from the king!"
Alexander Hamilton
Metaphor "My dog speaks more eloquently."
Metaphor "Why should a tiny island across the sea regulate the price of tea?"
Seabury was more effective in his arguments because he gave specific times when things went wrong and reasons why he is right. Hamilton all he did is disagree and not give any evidence he already has a base of people who agree with him in what he believes so he doesn't try as hard.

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One thing was repetition, which she used quiet often to get her point across

She also uses great emotion by yelling and even starting to cry.

She uses very big and descriptive words to get her point across

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repetition and that she had said the same thing in multiple times and multiple ways
hyperbole because she exaggerates what she i feeling and that she wants the audience to knew and feel the same way.
metaphors she uses these in ways hat mean the same thing but said a little differently

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He uses appeal to emotion when he said "but we have heart." He chooses this to raise the team's spirit.

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Epizeuxis: "I pray the king shows you his mercy. For shame! For shaaaaame!"
Enumertio: "chaos and bloodshed already haunt us"

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Logos was clear in the beginning of the video when he said "It isn't as clear today of what modern slavery looks like, but by knowing the signs of human trafficking you can help protect yourself and you can help protect others.". Also clear in the beginning was Pathos when he said "Today if you saw someone chained to a post you would do something about it, but in the days of trans Atlantic trade it was normal sight to see." It really make your stomach feel weird because the cruel reality of bad people.

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emotion is shown by the coach saying "you guys have heart an you have shown me it an if they play with their heart they cant lose.

trust is shown by the coach telling them "if they play their hardest and play with their heart" they cant lose and they trust their coach so they are gonna believe him hen he says that

Authority is shown by when their coach tells them that the team they are playing is "bigger faster and just better on paper" that shows that the team they are playing just has power over them

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simile - as small as a firefly in the palm of a bear
rhetorical question - are you afraid of dying
she appealed to emotion by making the reader fell bad for her by making herself look upset and like she was about to cry

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The guy speaking does a very good job at descriptively explaining the signs of human trafficking

The visuals did a very good job of showing what exactly is going on in this video

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The speaker uses appeal to emotion when he says, "if you saw someone chained to a post you would do something about it."

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the focus statement would be life can pass fast life can  be hard but you must continue on the beating pat. and some quotes to back this up would be, " 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. " This quote shows that in her mind she fought back and stayed in the right way ." She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. This quote connects back because she sees things differently and processes how she can  handle them   There was a feverish triumph in her eyes, and she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory. And this quote can show us that even though life gets tough you can always persevere and become the bigger person and make it out happy."

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Appeal to emotion "six players, six teammates, six sons"
Appeal to reason "They are bigger faster stringer more experienced."
Appeal to trust "They don't know your heart. I do, I've seen it"
The coach chose these appeals because he knows how hard it is to lose friends and they have a team they are about to play that are bigger and better and he wants them to know that all that matters is what's in your heart.

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Appeal to reason:  "traffickers would often brand their victims with tattoos using words such as daddy or cash."

Appeal to emotion: "If you saw someone tied to a post, you would do something about it."

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Allusion is used in the letter to give some facts and to compare what he is talking to other things.

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Enumertio: The studies behind the headphones are that 1 in 5 teens can't hear rustles and whispers.

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the focus statement is that freedom is reduced and suppressed by marriage.
" 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 she heard the news, she didn't realize that it meant she was free.
"When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills." this shows that she cannot escape marriage and she wont be free
"Josephine who told her, in broken sentences... less tender friend in bearing the sad message."

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enumertio: the number of teenagers with hearing loss - from sligth to severe- has jumped 33 percent since 1944
apeal to reason: one in five teenagers in America can't hear rustles or whispers.

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The article brings up the navy by saying "His innovation were the basis of sound powered telephones, or phones that required no electricity."

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Appeal to emotion: "Six players, six teammates, six sons of Marshall."
Appeal to trust: "they dont know your your heart, I do Ive seen it."

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the percent in "teenage hearing loss has jumped 33 percent" in 21 years