Writing with Logos, Ethos, and Pathos

This upcoming week, we will be crafting our first formal essays of the year. We will analyze movies of all kinds--each choosing a movie of our choice--and examine how the Rhetorical Trinagle functions within that movie in order to "trick" us into believing its message.

Last week, we watched some powerful clips from the documentary, Tough Guise, and we questioned how certain stereotypes and cultural expectations are set up for boys and girls, and we also wondered about what kinds of dangerous messages we can glean from films and video games.

Now, we'll use logos, ethos, and pathos to try and unpack the movie of our choice, and find out what messages are reallybeing sent our way! Be ready to type, revise, type, revise, and then type and revise again.

I am confident that your final essays will be something of which you and I can both be proud!