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One of the sections for my unit study on the heroic is to have students do a rhetorical analysis of 4-5 speeches:

 

"I Have a Dream" - Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

JFK's Inaugural Address

 

"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!" - Patrick Henry's Address to the House of Burgesses

 

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

 

 

I have been searching for a good outline which would help students analyze the rhetoric and rhetorical effects of these speeches (i.e., use of alliteration, anaphora, etc.) It would be nice to introduce them to aspects of classical thinking, i.e., logos, pathos, and ethos.

 

Any ideas?

 

I need to adapt and change any sources which are available for the purposes of this study, but am looking for a decent outline or possibly rubric.

 

Any help appreciated!

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Free at Last: The Language of Dr. King's Dream (Teacher Manual) by Michael Clay Thompson. 64 pp. Royal Fireworks Press www.rfwp.com

Covers: anaphora, metaphor, alliteration, assonance, consonance, meter, grammar, and vocabulary of this speech.

 

Lincoln's Ten Sentences:The Story of the Gettysburg Address by Michael Clay Thompson. 64 pp. Royal Fireworks Press (Teachers Manual) Covers: one-syllable words, spondees, repetition of the word here, use of prepositions, vocabulary, and grammar.

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