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Ethos, Pathos, Logos
By Krista Price
This video introduces the art of persuasion, for good or for ill, with examples from the speeches of such world leaders as Gandhi, Stalin, and Presidents Reagan and Obama. It explains three types of motivational appeals: ethos as credibility, pathos as emotion, and logos as reason. Suggestions are given about how a student might use each appeal in a persuasive speech
Persuasive Speech Research
By C.O.D. Library
A short tutorial explaining how to begin researching a persuasive speech, using an example topic of presenting information on a charity or non-profit organization.
Speaker's Intent
By Krista Price
This video analyzes how a speaker's purpose and audience will shape the language of a speech. It reviews different purposes that a speaker may have: to inform, to persuade, and to bring people together.
Learning iMovie #6: Adding Text
By EVSC ICATS
YouTube presents Learning iMovie #6: Adding Text, an educational video resource on computer science.
Transforming conversational English into business English
By Espresso English
This video provides various examples for how to transform informal, conversational English into formal English.
Writing – Transitions – THEREFORE, THUS, CONSEQUENTLY
By English Lessons with Adam - Learn English with Adam [engVid]
Learn how to use therefore and thus to show you have reached a conclusion. These transitions will improve your writing by helping you link ideas. In this lesson, we will look at transitions of conclusion and consequence to help ideas flow and improve our writing styles.
AP English: The Rhetorical Analysis Prompt
By Educator
YouTube presents The Rhetorical Analysis Prompt, an educational video resource writing
How to Write a Good Argumentative Essay: First Argument
By The Critical Thinker Academy
This video is from a tutorial series titled "How to Write a Good Argumentative Essay". This video looks at a single paragraph and uses its contents to show students how to construct a good argument.
Embedding Quotations
By EnglishI PLC
This video presents how to seamlessly embed quotations from sources into an essay. It uses the 'support sandwich' model. The goal of embedding quotations is to have fluency between author's and student's words, and if read aloud, it would be hard to tell where student's words end and the author's begins.
Capturing authentic narratives - Michele Weldon
By TED-Ed
This video explains how to enrich journalism and expository writing by narrating stories and giving anecdotes. It reviews what questions a writer may ask and what sources a journalist may use in order to find and report a compelling narrative.