THE ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION:

THE BASICS: AKA THE RHETORICAL TRIANGLE

THE ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION:

THE BASICS
Message

Speaker

Audience

WHAT ELSE?

DIGGING DEEPER.
Purpose

Medium

Tone

Message

Medium

Purpose

Speaker

Audience
Tone

RHETORICAL APPEALS

Rhetoric is the art of persuasion.

The goal of persuasion is to change others point
of view or to move others to take action.
Speakers/writers will appeal to:

Ethos (authority, ethics)

Logos (statistics, facts, proof)
Pathos (emotions or values)

AS YOU LISTEN TO THE SPEECH:

1) THINK ABOUT THE 6
ELEMENTS OF
COMMUNICATION AND
IDENTIFY THEM IN THIS
SAMPLE
2) LOOK FOR THE USE OF
RHETORICAL APPEALS
2)MAKE AN OUTLINE/GRAPHIC
REPRESENTATION OF HIS MAIN
POINTS
3) BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
SPEECH (WITH THE AUDIENCE
IN MIND)

GOAL SL 11-12.3
EVALUATE SPEAKERS POV,
REASONING, AND USE OF
RHETORIC (DICTION, TONE)
http://www.youtube.com/watc

h?v=FNXwKGZHmDc

DIG IN!
Identify the speaker, audience, and message.
Create an outline or graphic representation of
the main ideas presented in the speech.
Discuss the purpose, method and tone.
Additional questions:

How

does the audience influence the speakers diction

(give specific examples)?
How do you know the tone of the speech?
Is the speech effective? Why/why not?
Which of the three appeals does the speaker use
most? How? Why?

NEXT STEP
Read David Hellstroms article, Dear Ashton
Kutcher
Identify: Author, Audience and Method
What is the authors message?
What is his purpose?
Describe his tone?
Highlight/label any appeals that the author uses.
Which are the most prominent? The most effective?
Choose three lines that you feel are most
effectivewhat makes them important/effective?
Write a brief response to this article (your personal
opinion).

FOR TONIGHT
Find

one article from the internet

that deals with The American
Dream
Read the article: be able to analyze
and summarize.
Bring in a copy of the article to class