Unit+3+-+Persuasion

 **Your task involves several parts. Read the site entirely and post in Google Docs what you think you will have to do. Label your entry - "On my own" and "As a group". Discuss this after you have posted your entry so that each member shares a his/her idea of the task. Ask any questions of me that you have, but do not ask questions that are obviously the result of failure to read the task closely. Other discussions, reflections, and group essays will be posted on your special space on Google docs. **

- Making inferences through close reading - Vocabulary building - Figurative language like: anaphora, antithesis, bandwagon, "plain folks" appeal, testimonial, transfer, ethos, pathos, logos, loaded language, repetition, parallelism - Persuasion and rhetoric - claim, support, counterargument,
 * __Skills to be covered in this unit__: **

10 Most Persuasive Dudes in Movies @http://www.persuasive.net/blog/the-10-most-persuasive-dues-in-movies/

Webquest - __@http://www.huffenglish.com/webquests/lesson.html __ Cover letter handout: