Analyzing Famous Speeches as Arguments

After gaining skills through analyzing a historic and contemporary speech as a class, students will select a famous speech from a list compiled from several resources and write an essay that identifies and explains the rhetorical strategies that the author deliberately chose while crafting the text to make an effective argument. Their analysis will consider questions such as: "What makes the speech an argument?", "How did the author's rhetoric evoke a response from the audience?", and "Why are the words still venerated today?".
Resource ID#: 32252 Type: Unit/Lesson Sequence
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Subject(s): English Language Arts
Grade Level(s): 11, 12
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Computers for Students
Instructional Time: 4 Hour(s) 15 Minute(s)
Keywords: speeches, rhetorical strategies, argument, The American Rhetoric, The History Place, Guardian Unlimited, Queen Elizabeth I Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, 1588
Instructional Component Type(s): Unit/Lesson Sequence,  Worksheet,  Assessment,  Video/Audio/Animation,  Text Resource,  Formative Assessment
Instructional Design Framework(s): Writing to Learn
Resource Collection: General Collection

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