Tuesday, March 24 - Rhetoric - What is Rhetoric?

Ever hear someone speak and feel motivated about what they're talking about? That's rhetoric.

Rhetoric is the art of communicating effectively. Not only will this help you in life, it will help you on the high-school equivalency test.

In this unit, we will be studying rhetoric and how people say what they say. You will have the opportunity to identify main ideas and persuasive language in your reading and to try these skills in your writing.

This until will help you analyze arguguments and write your own persuasive writing.