RHETORICAL ANALYSIS PARAGRAPH ENGLISH 9 PERRY HIGH SCHOOL

RHETORICAL ANALYSIS PARAGRAPH ENGLISH 9 PERRY HIGH SCHOOL

THE PROMPT • READ MARTIN LUTHER KING’S “I HAVE A DREAM” SPEECH AND ELLIE WIESEL’S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AND WRITE A PARAGRAPH IN WHICH YOUR ANALYZE THE USE OF RHETORICAL DEVICES THAT WERE USED TO STRENGTHEN THE AUTHOR’S POSITION OR ARGUMENT.

RHETORICAL DEVICES Ethos- an appeal to character and ethics Pathos- an appeal to emotions and feelings Logos- an appeal to ETHOS PATHO S LOGOS rational ideas and logic

REMEMBER SEE SETS? S Statement (stating your position) E Evidence E Explanation THIS IS FOR ARGUMENT!

W What W Where H How TH IS I SF AN AL O YS R IS!

WWH SET FORMAT W: WHAT - WHAT DEVICE IS THE AUTHOR USING? W: WHERE IS THIS DEVICE BEING USED? (TEXTUAL EVIDENCE/QUOTE) H: HOW DOES THE AUTHOR USE THISDEVICE EFFECTIVELY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT HIS/HER ARGUMENT?

Topic Sentence W(What) W (Where) H (How) W (What) W (Where) H (How) Concluding Sentence STR UC AP TUR AR E OF AG RA PH

TOPIC SENTENCE EXAMPLE SENTENCE INTRODUCING THE SPEECH (HISTORICAL BACKGROUND) AND STATING THE AUTHOR’S PURPOSE. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. GAVE HIS “I HAVE A DREAM’ SPEECH ON THELINCOLN MEMORIAL GROUNDS IN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE AND JUSTIFY THE NEED FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO CONTINUE.

WHAT EXAMPLE ONE RHETORICAL DEVICE THAT [INSERT AUTHOR HERE] USES IN STRENGTHENING HIS ARGUMENT IS [INSERT RHETORICAL DEVICE HERE]. ONE RHETORICAL DEVICE THAT DR. KING USES IN STRENGTHENING HIS ARGUMENT IS THE USE OF ALLUSIONS.

WHERE EXAMPLE FOR EXAMPLE, [INSERT AUTHOR HERE] STATES/CLAIMS/PROCLAIMS/ASSERTS [INSERT EXAMPLE HERE] (INSERT PAGE NUMBER). FOR EXAMPLE, DR. KING STATES THAT "FIVE SCORE YEARS AGO, A GREAT AMERICAN, IN WHOSE SYMBOLIC SHADOW WE STAND TODAY, SIGNED THEEMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION" (2).

HOW EXAMPLE HOW IS THIS QUOTE AN EXAMPLE OF THE DEVICE? HOW DOES THIS DEVICE PERSUADE THE AUDIENCE TO DO/THINK vice de e _______? th fy ti n e d I DR. KING'S SPEECH WAS DELIVERED 100 YEARS AFTER LINCOLN'S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION (1863) THAT FREED ALL SLAVES IN REBEL TERRITORIES. THESE LINES FROM THE SPEECH DIRECTLY ALLUDE TOLINCOLN’S SPEECH. KING PAYS TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN'S plain h EFFORTS TO THE FIGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION ANDEx. INJUSTICE. ow he uses d evice

CLOSING SENTENCE EXAMPLE (CONNECT BACK TO THE INTRODUCTION/WHAT STATEMENT. ) [INSERT AUTHOR’S NAME]MASTERFULLY USES [INSERT RHETORICAL STRATEGY/DEVICE HERE] AS HE TRIES TO [PURPOSE]. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING MASTERFULLY USES ALLUSION AS HE HELPS THE AUDIENCE CONNECT HIS IDEAS TO THAT OF ANOTHER “GREAT AMERICAN. ” KING IMPLORES AMERICANS TO JOIN THE BATTLE FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY FOR ALL AS IT IS PROMISED IN THECONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.