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Small Group Discussion Questions Use the Conversation and Question Stems for Class Discussion that are found in Google Classroom to help you facilitate the discussion Who is the audience and what is the occasion for the text? The audience is the American government and public The occasion for the text is to warn of the destructiveness and dangerousness of the chemicals that affect the natural environment and the health of humans and animals Which rhetorical appeals are used? How are figurative language and imagery used within the text? Rhetorical appeal used is pathos, ethos and logos Imagery used at the start of the text to describe the danger and destruction of the chemicals that affect the natural environment and the health of humans and animals What is the tone? How is it established in the text? The tone is persuasive and stems to get points and thoughts across to the readers and to help the government understand how they feel and the reality about what’s going on in the environment and they know it’s wrong Ethos, Pathos, Logos Chart In the chart below, identify how “A Fable for Tomorrow” utilizes each rhetorical appeal Ethos Pathos Logos Paragraphs and 8: “In the gutters under the eaves and between the shingles of the roofs, a white granular powder still showed a few patches; some weeks before it had fallen like snow upon the roofs and the lawns, the fields and streams Paragraph 3: “ mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens; the cattle and sheep sickened and died Everywhere was a shadow of death…” Paragraph 3: “The farmers spoke of much illness among their families In the town the doctors had become more and more puzzled by new kinds of sickness appearing among their patients” No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world The people had done it themselves “ Paragraph 4: “The few birds seen anywhere were moribund; ; only silence lay over the fields and woods and marsh.”