Essay Prompt: What makes a speech effective and persuasive? Choose one speech from the book, Great Speeches of the 20th Century, and complete a rhetorical analysis essay. Consider the rhetorical appeals, devices, the audience, purpose and speaker. Include specific textual evidence to back up your claims.
Essay Final Draft Must Include:
- Clear Thesis/Claim
- Specific textual evidence, cited in MLA Format, explained and analyzed
- Elements of “SOAPStone” (Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Speaker, Tone)
- Discussion of author’s Text Structure
- Evaluate the author’s Rhetorical Appeals (Logos, Ethos, Pathos)
- Analyze rhetorical devices (use academic vocabulary from AP Language packet)
- A well-organized 2-3 page essay (Introduction, Body, Conclusion)
- Editing/Revision for spelling, grammar and conventions
- MLA Formatting (12 point, Times New Roman, Double Spaced, correct parenthetical citations)
Writing Process:
- Rhetorical Devices Graphic Organizer (20 points)
- Rough Draft (40 points)
- Editing/Revision (20 points)
- Typed Final Draft, MLA Formatted (100 points)
Final Draft due Wednesday, November 13!
What the literacy device called that has the speaker repeating himself can’t find it on the packet you gave us…
Ex:
“I have a dream… I have a dream…”
Anaphora
For the speech essay, we have to write a paragraph for each citation or was that for I.D Unit?
That’s for I’d unit research paper
Do we have to type the outline & rough draft ?
They can be handwritten, but the final draft must be typed.