Course Name Rhetoric Advanced Grade 13 Level of Undergraduate English Writing Specialization Instructor 劲 Professional Professor Size of Class S(30students) Classroom 松 Tittle Hours Chapter of Lesson Rhetoric English Writing Rhetoric and Deviation Main Course Advanced English Writing Book ECNUP Reference Books Objective Requirements: Get the students an idea that diction is a kind of linguistic choice at four levels This course of writing intends not only to learners with differing modes of expression,but also to train and develop rhetorical awareness and writing skills in learners. Contents of Teaching,Timing of Instruction Teaching Methods I Lead-in 20 minutes) What is rhetoric What should we study rhetorie? Three examples are used to explain how does rhetoric work in the English. 2.Rhetoric is linguistic choice(55 minutes) linguistic choice at diction level 15 m linguistic choice at syntactic level 15m linguistic choice at paragraph level 10m linguistic choice at textual level 15m 3.Summary and Assignments(5 minutes Teaching method:Explanation,talking.discussion,demonstration Key Points Difficult Points: Difficult Points Understanding the name and my name Understanding anything and something Analysis of register The principle of rhetoric Important Points: The point of rhetoric as linguistic choice Choice at lexical level,syntactic level,as well as textual level Review Comments of Faculty Director: Signature of Faculty Director Content Aids Methods Time Allocation
Course Name Rhetoric & Advanced English Writing Grade 13 Level of Specialization Undergraduate Instructor 杨劲 松 Professional Tittle Professor Size of Class S(30students) Classroom Hours 2 Chapter of Lesson Rhetoric & English Writing Rhetoric and Deviation Main Course Book & Reference Books Advanced English Writing ECNUP Objective & Requirements： Get the students an idea that diction is a kind of linguistic choice at four levels This course of writing intends not only to learners with differing modes of expression, but also to train and develop rhetorical awareness and writing skills in learners. Contents of Teaching, Timing of Instruction & Teaching Methods 1 Lead-in ( 20 minutes) What is rhetoric ? What should we study rhetoric? Three examples are used to explain how does rhetoric work in the English. 2. Rhetoric is linguistic choice(55 minutes) linguistic choice at diction level 15 m linguistic choice at syntactic level 15m linguistic choice at paragraph level 10m linguistic choice at textual level 15m 3. Summary and Assignments (5 minutes ) Teaching method: Explanation, talking, discussion, demonstration Key Points & Difficult Points： Difficult Points Understanding the name and my name Understanding anything and something Analysis of register The principle of rhetoric Important Points: The point of rhetoric as linguistic choice Choice at lexical level, syntactic level, as well as textual level Review Comments of Faculty Director： Signature of Faculty Director： Date___Month____Year___ Content Aids & Methods & Time Allocation
Greeting 20m Teaching plan CAJ Lead in Stepl:Questions: 1.Why should rhetoric be "Wanna go to movie with me sometime,Jess?"asked Davey Ackerman. studied for English writing?2. "The name/My name is Jessica.And no,I wouldn't,I don't go out with juveniles." How does rhetoric work in the English writing? The backdrop for this dialogue is that Davey fell in love with Jessica and wanted to date her and met an utter refusal And he was mistaken about her name which was offensive to her.Jessica didn't want any emotional entanglements with Davy. Is there anything to eat?(No presentiment) Step2:Examplel: Is there something to eat?(Have a hunch that there is sth to eat) The students are supposed to I was cut a little in the fight,but it wasn't anything.(Not serious) choose an appropriate word, He isn't anything in the local government.(not a big shot) anything or sth And tell why. 回 H:Honey,I gotta talk to you.have got to W:Sure.Is something/anything wrong? H:Well,sort of.Yes. Step3:Example 2 W:Bob,something in your voice scares/frighten/terrify me.Have I done anything/something? The students are supposed to H:No.It's me.I've done it.Sheila,remember when you were pregnant with Paula? analyze the diction of the dialogue. 1 gotta:close relation between husband and wife 2 something:have a hunch that sth would happen. 3 begins with well:well helps a tense situation. Sort of:a kind of evasive talk Yes:sth serious 4 scare恐慌frighten sb away吓唬terrify可怕：the words should be well calculated
Greeting Teaching plan Lead in 1 “Wanna go to movie with me sometime, Jess?” asked Davey Ackerman. “The name / My name is Jessica. And no, I wouldn’t, I don’t go out with juveniles.” The backdrop for this dialogue is that Davey fell in love with Jessica and wanted to date her and met an utter refusal. And he was mistaken about her name which was offensive to her. Jessica didn’t want any emotional entanglements with Davy. Is there anything to eat? (No presentiment) Is there something to eat? (Have a hunch that there is sth to eat) I was cut a little in the fight, but it wasn’t anything. (Not serious) He isn’t anything in the local government.(not a big shot) 2 H: Honey, I gotta talk to you./ have got to W: Sure. Is something/anything wrong? H: Well, sort of. Yes. W: Bob, something in your voice scares/frighten/terrify me. Have I done anything/ something ? H: No. It’s me. I’ve done it. Sheila, remember when you were pregnant with Paula? 1 gotta: close relation between husband and wife 2 something: have a hunch that sth would happen. 3 begins with well: well helps a tense situation. Sort of : a kind of evasive talk Yes: sth serious 4 scare 恐慌 frighten sb away吓唬 terrify可怕 ：the words should be well calculated. 20m CAJ Step1: Questions: 1. Why should rhetoric be studied for English writing? 2. How does rhetoric work in the English writing? Step2: Example1: The students are supposed to choose an appropriate word, anything or sth ? And tell why. Step3: Example 2 The students are supposed to analyze the diction of the dialogue
自 Step4:The students are Excuse me,could you tell me the right time,please? supposed to tell the What time is it,please? differences of the different What the time? expressions. How goes the enemy? Time? How much longer have we got? My watch seems to be going slow (have stopped).... Questions: Rhetoric is the linguistic choice. What is linguistic choice and Conclusion:linguistic choice:Saying the right thing in the most effective way what's the motivation of linguistic choice? ·样的话几样的说 Why there go the following 一言足可“丧邦”，一言也足以“兴邦” sayings？ 会说的说得你笑，不会说的说得你跳 Rhetoric originated in speaking- What is rhetoric Aristotle,in the 4th century BC,first defined rhetoric as the art of persuasion equivalent to argumentation as people understand today,particularly its early association with forensic oratory that is,pleading in court. John Locke,English philosopher of the late 17th century,described rhetoric as "the art of speaking with propriety,ele gance,and force".. Linguistic choice at four levels linguistic choice at lexical level 15 minutes Compare the dynamic words Keyun har ga3e5知 Xcyu通t的0明 and the static words 1nats地d and单rmin 年015 censtruct地 welscnstrahio 四esde地behd 困he物m te对nee 春实tegg山 h标重C裙 The trilliat 6r临wrreoff Conclusion:Dynamic words give the prominence to the action thus make the description more vivid than the static verb s do
3 Excuse me, could you tell me the right time, please? What time is it, please? What the time? How goes the enemy? Time? How much longer have we got? My watch seems to be going slow (have stopped)…. Rhetoric is the linguistic choice. Conclusion : linguistic choice: Saying the right thing in the most effective way. 一样的话几样的说 一言足可“丧邦”,一言也足以“兴邦” 会说的说得你笑，不会说的说得你跳 Rhetoric originated in speakingAristotle, in the 4th century BC, first defined rhetoric as the art of persuasion equivalent to argumentation as people understand today, particularly its early association with forensic oratory ——— that is, pleading in court. John Locke, English philosopher of the late 17th century, described rhetoric as "the art of speaking with propriety, ele gance, and force".. Linguistic choice at four levels linguistic choice at lexical level Conclusion : Dynamic words give the prominence to the action thus make the description more vivid than the static verb s do. Step4: The students are supposed to tell the differences of the different expressions. Questions: What is linguistic choice and what’s the motivation of linguistic choice? Why there go the following sayings ? What is rhetoric ? 15 minutes Compare the dynamic words and the static words
Choice at Syntactic level 15 minutes Conversion Compare and tell why is The hero came in,confidence was on their faces better than the other. The hero came in,on their faces was confidence. Euphemism He always lied. He always distorted the fact. Negative-Positive The learning environment is not good. The learning environment leaves much to be desired. Choice at paragraph level Deduction In a paragraph of general-to-specific order,the topic sentence and controlling idea make the general statement.The b 10 minutes ody of the paragraph supports the controlling idea with details,reasons,or illustrations.It's just like an pyramid. Compare the two different ways of paragraph Induction development A method of reasoning that moves from specific instances to a general conclusion. (1)deduction and conduction (2)Alternating pattern and opposing pattern Alternating Pattern Opposing Pattern IContrast or Companson 1Allabout object A Object A Paint lof ObjctA copared Objeet B Paint2of Object A compared /B IIConirast or Comparison Paint 3of Object A compared /cortrstd B Object A Objeet B I[All about obi ect B IIContrast or Comparison Paint I of Object A compared /cortastedoB Objeet A Paint2of ObjectAcomredB Objeet B Paint 3of Object A commpared /cortmsted B
Choice at Syntactic level Conversion The hero came in, confidence was on their faces. The hero came in, on their faces was confidence. Euphemism He always lied. He always distorted the fact. Negative-Positive The learning environment is not good. The learning environment leaves much to be desired. Choice at paragraph level Deduction In a paragraph of general-to-specific order, the topic sentence and controlling idea make the general statement. The b ody of the paragraph supports the controlling idea with details , reasons , or illustrations .It’s just like an pyramid. Induction A method of reasoning that moves from specific instances to a general conclusion. 15 minutes Compare and tell why is better than the other. 10 minutes Compare the two different ways of paragraph development (1) deduction and conduction (2) Alternating pattern and opposing pattern
Choice at Textual Level 15 minutes Compare the different modes [1]Ladies and Gentleman, of expression that are of the I am exceedingly grateful to have been asked by our chairman,Dr.Jean Monrovia,to present our recent findings same implication on the topic of "Research and Developments in Sociolinguistics",and hope that it will prove useful to those of you engaged in teaching English. 1At lexical level 2]Good evening,friends, Length/syllable Our chairman,Jean Monrovia,asked me to share some of my current research in sociolinguistics,and I hope it will 2At syntactic level be useful to you in your English classes next week. Length/structure/pattern [3]Hi,everyone. 3 textual level Jean asked me to come on over and rap a bit about the stuff I'm into sociolinguistics.Maybe it'll help in teaching Salutation/length those English classes,and I hope it will be useful to you won't be turned off with some of the technical jargon and stuff. Summary Rhetoric came to be understood as the ability to write or speak well in ornate,showy language. 5 minutes All courses in composition were nominally courses in "rhetoric" Restatement of the view: Rhetoric is equated with the adoption of stylistic devices or the use of figures of speech in speech or writing. Rhetoric is linguistic choice Emphasize the importance of Assignments developing rhetorical sense Topic Rhetoric in English Writing With the development of the modern printing industry in the 19th century,rhetoric came to be understood as the ability to write or speak well in ornate,showy language.practically all courses in composition were nominally courses in "rhetoric".I think rhetoric is equated with the adoption of stylistic devices or the use of figures of speech Summary in speech or writing.Therefore the students are supposed to develop the rhetorical sense in English writing. Write an essay Topic Homework Rhetoric in English Writing The principle of deviation Definition Key Points of Pre-studying Paradox of language Ineffableness Contextual Effects Rhetorical Effects 1.The students gain insight into the nature of rhetoric in English writing by the proper examples
Choice at Textual Level [1]Ladies and Gentleman, I am exceedingly grateful to have been asked by our chairman, Dr. Jean Monrovia, to present our recent findings on the topic of “Research and Developments in Sociolinguistics”, and hope that it will prove useful to those of you engaged in teaching English. [2]Good evening, friends, Our chairman, Jean Monrovia, asked me to share some of my current research in sociolinguistics, and I hope it will be useful to you in your English classes next week. [3]Hi, everyone, Jean asked me to come on over and rap a bit about the stuff I’m into sociolinguistics. Maybe it’ll help in teaching those English classes, and I hope it will be useful to you won’t be turned off with some of the technical jargon and stuff. Summary Rhetoric came to be understood as the ability to write or speak well in ornate, showy language. All courses in composition were nominally courses in "rhetoric". Rhetoric is equated with the adoption of stylistic devices or the use of figures of speech in speech or writing. Assignments Topic Rhetoric in English Writing 15 minutes Compare the different modes of expression that are of the same implication 1At lexical level Length/syllable 2At syntactic level Length/ structure/pattern 3 textual level Salutation/length 5 minutes Restatement of the view: Rhetoric is linguistic choice Emphasize the importance of developing rhetorical sense Summary With the development of the modern printing industry in the 19th century, rhetoric came to be understood as the ability to write or speak well in ornate, showy language. practically all courses in composition were nominally courses in "rhetoric". I think rhetoric is equated with the adoption of stylistic devices or the use of figures of speech in speech or writing. Therefore the students are supposed to develop the rhetorical sense in English writing. Homework Write an essay Topic Rhetoric in English Writing Key Points of Pre-studying The principle of deviation Definition Paradox of language Ineffableness Contextual Effects Rhetorical Effects 1. The students gain insight into the nature of rhetoric in English writing by the proper examples
2.The class is well organized in examples 3.The students take an active part in the class activities. Implementation and Analysis
Implementation and Analysis 2. The class is well organized in examples. 3. The students take an active part in the class activities
