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ELA
Unit 4
12th Grade
Lesson 2 of 16
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Identify the rhetorical situation and explain its significance.
Identify the appeals present within a text and the devices/strategies used to generate that appeal.
Speech: “Purple is the Noblest Shroud” by Empress Theodora
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Draft an introduction that provides the rhetorical situation for Empress Theodora’s speech.
Draft a brief outline identifying least three rhetorical devices/strategies used by Empress Theodora to achieve her purpose.
Why do authors use compare/contrast to develop their ideas? Use a specific example from Sweat and Theodora to support your answer.
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Rhetorical Situation:
Speech:
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Lesson 3
Identify the appeals present within the text and the devices/strategies used to generate that appeal.
Analyze how an author uses devices to generate an appeal and ultimately achieve his or her purpose.
Analyze the rhetorical choices Obama makes to develop his argument.
Analyze the rhetorical choices Henry makes to develop his argument.
Draft an analysis that demonstrates effective and comprehensive reasoning.
Analyze the rhetorical choices Churchill makes to develop his argument.
Analyze the rhetorical choices Roosevelt makes to develop his argument.
Compare and contrast rhetorical strategies in speeches by Churchill and Roosevelt.
Evaluate how both authors use specific devices to develop the central idea or purpose of the speech.
Writing
Analyze the rhetorical choices Churchill or Roosevelt makes to develop his argument.
Draft an effective introduction that establishes the rhetorical situation and provides a comprehensive thesis describing the rhetorical techniques the author uses to achieve his purpose.
Analyze the rhetorical choices Truth makes to develop her argument.
Analyze the rhetorical choices Stewart makes to develop her argument.
Compare and contrast the rhetorical strategies employed by Sojourner Truth and Maria Stewart in their speeches.
Assessment – 2 days
Project
Complete an optional extension project by writing a speech on a topic of his or her choosing.
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