Lord of

the Flies
Day Three:
Argument
Sunday, January 26, 14
Objectives:
Students will examine the elements of
a rhetorical argument.
Students will apply their knowledge of
rhetorical devices to analyzing
historical speeches and writing their
own persuasive speech.
Sunday, January 26, 14
agenda:
1. Rhetoric Quiz
2. Rhetoric Review and Discussion
3. Analyzing Speech
4. Speechwriting
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Rhetoric
The art of using
language in order to
make a point or to
persuade listeners
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rhetoric
Repetition
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rhetoric
Repetition
Soldiers learn true
greatness, true wisdom,
and true strength.
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rhetoric
Parallelism
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rhetoric
Parallelism
Sports teach the thrill of
victory and the agony of
defeat.
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rhetoric
Rhetorical Question
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rhetoric
Rhetorical Question
Isnt freedom worth
fighting for?
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rhetoric
Sound Devices
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rhetoric
Sound Devices
There are dark days
that lie ahead, but we
will not be defeated.
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rhetoric
Simile and Metaphor
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rhetoric
Simile and Metaphor
Patriotism spread like a
fire through the ranks
of soldiers after the
Generals speech.
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Rhetoric
What Aristotle and
Joshua Bell Can Teach
Us About Rhetoric
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Five score years ago, a
great American, in
whose symbolic
shadow we stand today,
signed the
Emancipation
Proclamation.
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I have a dream that my
four little children will
one day live in a nation
where they will not be
judged by the color of
their skin, but by the
content of their
character.
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Five score years ago, a
great American, in
whose symbolic
shadow we stand today,
signed the
Emancipation
Proclamation.
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Speech
Queen Elizabeth Is Speech at
Tilbury
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rhetoric
Queen Elizabeth I is sending her
men to fight the Spanish Armada.
What do you know about the
audience based on the information
in the speech?
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rhetoric
At one point she says that she is
going to fight beside them, and then
she says she will not.
Explain what she means and what
she is doing here. How is she
manipulating her audience?
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In your groups:
Begin thinking about the
formation of your society.
Reference the outline of different
aspects of civilization that you
will need to consider.
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homework
2. Society outline
1. Begin grammar practice
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