Rhetoric for Kids

Lessons on Rhetoric (these include activities):

• A Good Preface: Start Young
• What is Rhetoric?
• Three Kinds of Proof | Activity: Pretend You’re a Marketer
• The 5 Canons of Rhetoric
• Euphemisms and Dysphemisms
• 9 Examples of Rhetorical Slanters
• Sneaky, Sneaky What Did You Just Say to Me?  #1  |  #2
• Don’t Fall for that Fallacy:   #1  | #2 | #3
• Summary of the Top 10 Fallacies (Parker & Moore’s top 10)
• Deductive vs Inductive Reasoning
• Let’s Get Logical:  Logic Dogs (for small breeds) |  Logic Dogs (for medium breeds) & Logic Dogs Game  | Argument Maps
• The Rhetorical Situation
• Communicating Logos, Ethos, and Pathos: The Communication Model | Two Quick Tips for Finding Your Natural Voice
• The Rhetoric of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Visual Rhetoric | For further information on design, see Elements of Design and Principles of Design
• How to Fact Check
• Activity: April Fool’s News (a humorous way to learn about argument from outrage, loaded questions, emotive force of words, etc)