I am going to present a new media project in line with my teaching curriculum. In order to teach argumentation and rhetoric, I will begin by using the visual aspects of advertising. The project will include supplying the class with newspapers and magazines, or they can bring their own. Each student is to find an advertisement that “sells” him or her on the product. They will cut out their selections and paste them on a bulletin board. The bulletin (poster) board will be divided in three sections and labeled: (1) ethos, (2) pathos, and (3) logos. We will then evaluate which form of Aristotelian logic is most persuasive. The project I will present in class (6480) is the final outcome (the poster) and the resulting observations.
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