Monday - 8/24/09

Today we started talking about narratives and persuasive devices. After completing DGP we took notes on common persuasive devices and then read an excerpt from Equiano. While reading, everyone had to highlight the loaded words. This made the piece more descriptive and powerful. We also talked about how this was an example of emotional appeal. After reading we broke up into groups and found examples for the persusaive devices within the piece. We then discussed these examples as a class.