The Course
This course looks at rhetorical techniques when used in politics. Any books are optional.
The 11 Lessons
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Introduction: discuss what politics is and rhetoric is.
Read good quality newspapers and magazines (e.g. Time, New Statesman, The Week etc.)
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
Print out a copy and annotate what you think are effective parts of the speech. Brainstorm ...
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Lesson 2: Fallacy files (18 words)Introduction: this lesson is all about logical fallacies http://www.fallacyfiles.org/ Read and take notes on the first five sections of this website
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Lesson 3: more logical fallacies (30 words)http://factchecked.org/LessonPlanDetails.aspx?myId=7&mySectionId=4 (enter url into google) Complete all the activities warming up with the informational sections which should be printed out and kept. Write an essay criticising one of the advertisements that has been seen.
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Lesson 4: politics in practice (35 words)Introduction: this lesson looks at politics in practice with a case study http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching/tvcitizenship/pdf/politics_k4.pdf For independent study: • Following on form the work about rhetoric,you should write an essay discussing the most useful techniques campaigns ...
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Lesson 5: early rhetoric- Sophists (45 words)http://com.bradley.edu/faculty/lamoureux/website2/sophist1.html Spend a lot of time going through and understanding the terminology used. Pick one of the Greek playwrights mentioned and find a speech they wrote. Make ...
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Lesson 6: Isocrate and rhetoric (19 words)Introduction: Isocrates and rhetoric Go through the terms from the last lesson http://com.bradley.edu/faculty/lamoureux/website2/newisoc.html Discuss and take notes on http://com.bradley.edu/faculty/lamoureux/website2/si-isoc.html More notes
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Lesson 7: consolidation (65 words)Introduction: this lesson is about consolidation and review Analyse as many essays previously done as possible, so that the most effective ones can be identified easily. Do some more reading on all the ...
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TEST (LESSON 8) (52 words)Locate 2/3 more writings by Luther King Jr. including I Have a Dream for this essay ‘Explore the rhetorical technique of pathos in the writings of Martin Luther King Jr’ ‘Discuss the significance of three types of logical fallacy in today’s society.’ ‘Write an essay contrasting ...
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Lesson 6: Isocrates and rhetoric (35 words)Go back over the terms from last lesson http://com.bradley.edu/faculty/lamoureux/website2/newisoc.html Read carefully and take notes. Then move on to http://com.bradley.edu/faculty/lamoureux/website2/si-isoc.html Again, read carefully and take notes. There's no extended writing ...
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Lesson 7: Consolidation and review (63 words)This is the *big* one, you may wish to split it up into several parts if it's too much. Read through the essays you have written carefully. *Revision* Lesson 1 ...
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TEST : essay writing (141 words)*notes:* this is meant to be done without using resources or notes form the previous lesson, obviously I can't stop you, but hopefully if you do it without them you'll get a great sense of achievement and feel that you've actually learnt something. If you want to send them to me (Just click on my ...