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Erin O’Keefe and Elizabeth “Liz” Martell Allen Community College

Discussion  How do we get students to participate more substantially in the writing of their own essay?

Pre-Writing Techniques  Free-writing  Tape Recorder  Clustering  News/Topic Exploration  Defining Topic through Questions  What are successful prewriting activities that you use?

Building a Case  Role-Playing activities  Analyzing Case Studies  “Madman on the Bridge”  Outlines  Informal lists  Formal/sentence  Difference between Persuasion and Argumentation

Reducing Pathos  Differences between Opinion, Editorial, and News Article  Understanding Audience  Identifying claims  Word choice  Understanding Rhetorical Appeals through Advertising  Example: Man avoiding treatment

Avoiding Logical Fallacies  Most problematic:  Argumentum ad Populum  Authority Fallacy  Use of Commercials – Simpson’s Coke ad  How do you teach fallacies?

Contact Information Erin O’Keefe English Instructor eokeefe@allencc.edu 785-654-2416 x226 Elizabeth “Liz” Martell English Adjunct Instructor lmartell@cableone.net 620-366-0317