Tuesday October 6

MLK speech analysis for pathos, logos and ethos due today.
Handout on paper using the above. Due Thursday October 15
In class work: Benjamin Franklin's Aphorisms; copy below

Copy of class handout below.
English III Honors.
Paper Assignment using logos, ethos and pathos. TYPED; 500 words; MLA format
Due Thursday October 15


In approximately, 500 words you are to present an argument employing all three types of
oratorical devices. This should be a serious topic, preferably involving a social, economic, political or environmental situation. You must clearly use all three arguments in support of your well-stated thesis. The language should be sophisticated and appropriate for the topic. Please review the background material on the blog.

Remember: no contractions
no text language
a solid introduction
a minimum of three body paragraphs, each of which will contain a controlling idea or thesis, supporting evidence (this may or may not be textual; however, if it is, do identify your source), and an analysis statement.

Precise spelling and grammar is de rigueur.

Due Thursday October 15

Aphorisms

An aphorism is a short, concise statement expressing a wise or clever observation or a general truth. A variety of devices make aphorisms easy to remember. Some aphorisms contain rhymes or repeating words or sounds; others contain two phrases that present contrasting ideas using the same grammatical structure. For example, the contemporary aphorism “when the going gets tough, the tough get going,” contains repeated words and contrasting ideas.
Most of Benjamin Franklin’s aphorisms are adapted from proverbs, anonymous traditional sayings. Franklin, who believed that clarity and brevity were two of the most important characteristics of good prose, rewrote the traditional sayings, making them short, direct and witty.

From Poor Richard’s Almanack by Benjamin Franklin

Hunger is the best pickle.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
Fish and visitors smell after three days.
Keep they shop, and thy shop will keep thee.
If your head is wax, don’t walk in the sun.
Necessity never made a good bargain.
Love your neighbor; yet don’t pull down the hedge.
A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
God helps those who help themselves.
Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
God heals and the doctor takes the fee.
The rotten apple spoils his companions.
If you would know the value of money, try to borrow some.
A small leak will sink a great ship.
Drive thy business; let it not drive thee.
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is make of.
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
The cat in gloves catches no mice.
Assignment:

Choose four of Franklin’s aphorisms and rewrite as you would the beginning of a critical lens. If you have forgotten: As____________________ once said, “insert quote”. In other words……. or This may also be expressed as ……(choose a lead in and paraphrase).



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and 25 quiz bonus points for the following. Identify the word that means the opposite of utopia, write it, along with your name, on a sheet of paper and place it on my desk before the bell rings tomorrow!