Argument, Rhetoric & Tragic Choices — Chapter overview · English 10: Choices, Conscience & Consequences, Grade 10
Develop and test a source-based policy argument, then analyze tragic choices across the complete Macbeth. Distinguish motives, pressures, explicit predictions, inferred guarantees, and consequences.
Chapter question
How can argument & rhetoric help us examine choices, conscience & consequences?
Units in this chapter
- Unit 4.1 · Claims & Counterclaims
I can write a precise, arguable claim and distinguish it from opposing claims.
- Unit 4.2 · Rhetorical Appeals
I can identify ethos, pathos, and logos in a speech or persuasive text.
- Unit 4.3 · Analyzing Arguments
I can evaluate whether an argument's evidence is relevant and sufficient.
- Unit 4.4 · Logical Fallacies
I can identify common logical fallacies such as ad hominem, straw man, false dilemma, slippery slope, and hasty generalization.
- Unit 4.5 · Tragic Choices, Soliloquy & Equivocation
I can support an interpretation with precise details and explain a craft choice.