Eponine, Food, & Meryl

After much technical difficulty, we began class by watching the performance of "On My Own" from Les Miserables. As we noted, Samantha Barks adjusts the tone of the repetitive phrase "I love him" to show the character's lugubrious melancholy and eventual bittersweet hopefulness.

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Next, we read an essay on food and identified how the author uses ethos, pathos, and logos to create his purpose. Pay attention to when persuasive appeals are used in a text and why the author is directing this particular order for the audience.

During the last half of class, we began the rhetorical analysis assessment -- a verbal group presentation. The text for this assignment is the commencement address at Barnard by Meryl Streep. I have a copy of the transcript for your annotations, but you may watch and listen to her speech at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-a8QXUAe2g .

In class tomorrow, we will go over evaluation expectations and components for a successful presentation. You will also be split into two groups and utilize the remainder of the hour to assign individual assignments and how the presentation will be.