STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO CONSIDER THE IDEA OF THE HERO IN THIS 10TH-GRADE RHETORIC UNIT. EMPHASIS IS ON (1) THE INDUCTIVE PROCESS OF ARRIVING AT A GENERALIZATION, (2) THE PROBLEMS OF DEFINITION, INCLUDING QUALIFICATION AND COMPARISON, AND (3) THE PROCESSES OF SELECTIVITY AND REVISION. LITERARY SELECTIONS USED ARE "BEOWULF,""THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK," TIME MAGAZINE'S OBITUARY STORY ON SERGEANT ALVIN C. YORK, PAUL GALLICO'S STORY ABOUT LOU GEHRIG, AND TWO NEWSPAPER STORIES ABOUT A MAN WHO SAVED THE LIVES OF TWO COLLEGE STUDENTS. STUDY QUESTIONS AND WRITING ASSIGNMENTS CHECK THE STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING AND APPLICATION OF CONCEPTS STUDIED IN THE UNIT. A TEST DESIGNED TO ACCOMPANY THIS UNIT IS APPENDED. SEE ALSO ED 010 129 THROUGH ED 010 160, ED 010 803 THROUGH ED 010 832, TE 000 195 THROUGH TE 000 220, AND TE 000 227 THROUGH TE 000 249. (MM)