Founding Arguments: Revolution and the Rhetoric of Independence: Reading Unit 2, Grade 11 (Letters & Devotion)

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Founding Arguments: Revolution and the Rhetoric of Independence is Unit 2 of American Voices, American Arguments: Literature and Rhetoric in Context (Part 1) (Grade 11), the Letters & Devotion Reading course, complete in one printable PDF: 8 lessons, the unit check-up and the answer key, 74 pages.

• Ethos, pathos, and logos as categories of rhetorical appeal
• The Declaration of Independence’s construction of shared ethos with its intended 18th-century audience
• The logos structure of the Declaration of Independence’s list of grievances
• Concession-and-rebuttal structure in Paine’s Common Sense
• The relationship between intended audience and the balance of rhetorical appeals across two Revolutionary texts
• Rhetorical appeals and concession-rebuttal structure in an unfamiliar Revolutionary-era primary source
• Repurposing of Puritan covenant language and typology for political argument in Revolutionary-era rhetoric
• The general principle that appeal selection is a function of audience persuadability across historical contexts

Every lesson is written for a parent with no teaching background: it opens with a short script to read aloud, names the specific wrong idea a student is likely to reach for and how to correct it, and closes with a practice sheet you may copy for your household. Scripture references are King James Version throughout. Black-and-white, 8.5 x 11 in. The whole year of this course is also in this store as a single book.

AI note: The written content of this resource was drafted with AI tools, then reviewed and edited by the author.