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Post Malone’s hit song “Circles” provides us with a complex argument to closely read, analyze, and synthesize with our students. This lesson bundle includes an eight-page guided rhetorical analysis that scaffolds students’ thought processes as they delve deeply into this argument, a fun new way to identify and measure rhetorical appeals, comparative analytical prompts, and more! You can find more lesson details below.
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Lesson Description
Wondering exactly what you can expect to find in this lesson? Look no further! This lesson bundle includes:
- An eight page guided rhetorical analysis to scaffold students’ thinking as they closely read and analyze this complex argument
- A fun new activity designed to measure and analyze the role that rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos) play in this argument. (You’re going to love the rhetorical appeal-o-meter — and, what’s more, this activity can easily be repurposed for any text your students are asked to analyze!)
- A visual rhetorical analysis activity that prompts students to consider how the corresponding music video contributes to or impacts the argument developed in the lyrics
- An engaging comparative analysis task that asks students to consider “Circles” side-by-side with other texts that use similar language.
This lesson is available exclusively to members of the TeachArgument Community. Register now to gain instant access to this, as well as ALL of our pop culture lessons, argument resources, video analyses, and more!
Lesson Features
| Grades | 9-12+ |
| Focus | Rhetorical analysis, Comparative analysis, Close reading, Visual analysis |
