Arrangement: Classical Model

How can breaking down the structure/arrangement of an argument help me to understand meaning and persuasive appeal? 
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Opener: The Movement of #MeToo
Read the article that was published in The Atlantic this week. What does Sophie Gilbert add to the conversation? How would Gladwell respond to her article? How would she respond to Gladwell? What do you think about the role of social media in activism?

Reflection on Gladwell response piece- 

• Underline the thesis of your letter (the statement that best asserts your main point). Do you think you did well accomplishing your goal of providing your own version of Gladwell’s argument AND persuading your audience? What went well? Where did you struggle?
• OR, if not done: Write a letter to the editor in response to Gladwell’s claims. Start by restating in a brief summary Gladwell’s claims. Then, make your own claims about his argument. How will you be persuasive? How will you provide your own claims, your own details to offer your own version of his argument, to agree with his position, to change his mind, or to take what he says in a new direction? Your letter shouldn’t be too long- a page is all you will be able to persuade the editors to publish- so you need to think how to get to your point efficiently and eloquently.

• What is your primary aim, intention, or purpose?
• Who is your audience?
• What main point do you intend to make?
• What kind of effect do you want your response to have on your audience?
• What kind of person/personality do you want your audience to perceive that you are/have?
• How do you think you will organize and arrange your response?
• What kinds of effective word choices do you think you will make?
• How do you want your sentences to look and sound?
• What do you want your audience to perceive your tone to be?
• What do you want your audience to perceive your stance to be?

Arrangement- The Classical Model
Examples for Analysis:

• "Not my Math Alone" - as you read, put brackets around each section and label the argument
• Back to Gladwell- In groups, create an organization of this essay where you can explain what each paragraph "does". Your outline should include the following:
• His main claims
• His sub claims
• His counterclaims
• His evidence and examples
• His beginning, middle, and end
• His shifts

HW: Read and Annotate Walter Isaacson's first chapter of his biography of Benjamin Franklin. We will be looking closely at the structure of this essay next class (Monday). 

Vocabulary Work: Unit 1, due Wednesday