Persuasion and Fahrenheit 451

RHETORICAL DEVICES IN PERSUASION - ArgumentsAppeals:1. to logic through reasoning2. to emotion3. to ethical arguments/beliefs4. through personal anecdotes (stories)5. through research, evidence6. through analogy (comparison)

Responding in WritingDirections:Find corresponding quote and page numberCite the argument being used

Number 1:Page 7From Clarisse we learn how people feel

about firefighters. How can this be used in persuasion?

Number 2:Page 7What is significant about Montag’s

childhood memory? How can it be used as persuasion?

Number 3:Page 9How is Clarisse’s uncle connected to the

theme of the story? How can this be used as persuasion?

Number 4:Page 13What is wrong with Mildred? How can this

be used as persuasion?

Number 5:Page 33How are the firefighters described? How

can this be used as persuasion?

Number 6:Page 39 and 40What is the significance of Mrs. Blake’s

death? How can this be used as persuasion?

Number 7:Page 51Notice the contrast between Montag’s

reaction to Mrs. Blake’s death and Mildred’s - how can this be used as persuasion?

Number 8:Page 57 and 58Notice Beatty’s description of society - how

can this be used as persuasion?

Number 9:Page 73What has gone unnoticed for years? How

can this be used as persuasion?

Number 10:Page 83 - 86What three things does society need? How

can this be used as persuasion?

Number 11:Page 87What has happened to actors and

historians? How can this be used as persuasion?

Number 12:Page 101How do the women feel about their

marriages and children? How can this be used as persuasion?

Number 13:Page 106How are Beatty’s quotes significant? How

can this be used as persuasion?

RAFTR= RoleA= AudienceF= Format T= TopicS= Strong Verbs

Respond in WritingFahrenheit 451 quotes use page numbers √List the arguments √Tell me how Montag was persuaded to

change from a person who does not ask questions to a thinker (or from a fool to the opposite of a fool).