
An Introduction to Speeches
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English
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11th - 12th Grade
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Maria Baltsas
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What is rhetoric and why study it?
Rhetoric is the art of effective expression
The persuasive use of language through appeals and techniques
Why study Rhetoric?
It makes us better and more persuasive speakers/communictors
It helps us appreciate and value public speakers, broadcasters, journalists, preachers, teachers....
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Open Ended
What speech do you vividily remember and what made that speech memorable?
OR
What is the value in learning how to speak effectively?
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Killer Milke responds to George Floyd riots in Atlanta
Listen for:
Metaphors/ Similes
Allusions
Imagery
Juxtapositions
Anaphora
Hyperbole
Parallelism
APPEALS
Ethos, Pathos
Kairos, Logos
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Open Ended
What is a phrase that resonated with you in Killer Mike's speech? What technique or appeal was used?
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Multiple Choice
’I'm the son of an Atlanta City Police Officer. My cousin is an Atlanta City Police Officer, and my other cousin, is a police officer"
Kairos
Pathos
Logos
Ethos
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Multiple Choice
And, here we are, 80 years later...
Kairos
Pathos
Logos
Ethos
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Multiple Choice
The Cornerstone speech is an _______ that Killer Mike uses and was written duriung the ______ War
allusion, French-American
allegory, Civil
allusion, Civil
allegory, First World
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Multiple Choice
It is your duty to fortify your own house so that you may be a house of refuge in times of organization.
What technique is used in the underlined phrase?
juxtaposition
metaphor
personification
paradox
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Multiple Choice
It is time to hold mayoral offices accountable, chiefs and deputy chiefs. Atlanta is not perfect, we’re a lot better than we ever were.....
Kairos
Pathos
Logos
Ethos
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Multiple Choice
He casually put his knee on a human being’s neck for nine minutes as he died like a zebra in the clutch of a lion’s jaw.
Which 2 tecn
Simile and personification
Simile and imagery
imagery and juxtaposition
imagery and allusion
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Multiple Choice
We don’t want to see one officer charged. We want to see four officers prosecuted and sentenced. We don’t want to see Targets burning. We want to see the system that sets up for systemic racism burnt to the ground.
Anaphora
Epistrophe
Anadiplosis
Analogy
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Multiple Choice
So, after you burn down your own home, what do you have left but char and ash?
allegorical question
anecdotal question
rhetorical question
symbolic question
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Multiple Choice
When a man yells for his mother in duress and pain and she’s dead, he is essentially yelling, “Please, God. Don’t let it happen to me.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Kairos
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