Hi Class,
I hope that your Labor Day was fun and productive–or lazy and relaxing (to each their own).
Please bring your new books to class. Read Willie Perdomo’s poem “Where I’m From.” And be ready to finish discussing the Asimov article.
Among other things, we will discuss the idea of rhetorical success and the four modes of rhetoric:
Pathos: emotion
Ethos: background or authority
Logos: logic
Mythos: myth
This poster will help us to understand how these ideas work:
