Post date: Aug 25, 2012 9:26:08 PM
Bring your independent reading book for SSR (sustained silent reading) today. Finish debriefing the "Bringing Up Blackberry" rhetorical devices diagnostic.
Homework: research from the internet 3 examples of the word "rhetoric" from newspaper or magazine sites. Copy and paste 3 sentences from the article- the sentence before, the sentence with the word, and the sentence afterwards. Note the author, publication, and date. For example:
“The evidence also shows great, gaping weaknesses. Giuliani's penchant for secrecy, his tendency to value loyalty over merit and his hyperbolic rhetoric are exactly the kinds of instincts that counterterrorism experts say the U.S. can least afford right now.”
from “Behind Giuliani's Tough Talk” Time, Amanda Ripley, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007
Due Thursday 8/30