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

FORMAT THE PARAGRAPH W Topic Sentence/What W Where H How Concluding Sentence

BODY PARAGRAPH INTRODUCTION/W: WHAT - STATEMENT THAT CLARIFIES THE FOCUS OF THE PARAGRAPH; WHAT STRATEGY/DEVICE IS THE AUTHOR USING? W: WHERE IS THIS STRATEGY/DEVICE BEING USED? (TEXTUAL EVIDENCE) H: HOW DOES THE AUTHOR USE THIS DEVICE/STRATEGY EFFECTIVELY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT HIS/HER ARGUMENT? CLOSING- COMMENTARY THAT TIES THESE WWH-SETS BACK TO YOUR TOPIC SENTENCE

INTRODUCTION SENTENCE EXAMPLE (CLARIFY THE FOCUS OF THE PARAGRAPH) ONE RHETORICAL DEVICE THAT [INSERT AUTHOR HERE] USES IN STRENGTHENING HIS ARGUMENT IS[INSERT RHETORICAL STRATEGY/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 [INSERT ] EXAMPLE HERE] (INSERT LINE NUMBER). FOR EXAMPLE, DR. KING STATES THAT "FIVE SCORE YEARS AGO, A GREAT AMERICAN, IN WHOSE SYMBOLIC SHADOW WE STAND TODAY, SIGNED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION" (2).

HOW EXAMPLE (EXPLAIN HOW THE AUTHOR USES PREVIOUS QUOTE AS A e c i ev RHETORICAL DEVICE/STRATEGY. ) d he fy nti DR. KING'S SPEECH WAS DELIVERED 100 YEARS Ide AFTER LINCOLN'S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION (1863) THAT FREED ALL SLAVES IN REBEL TERRITORIES. THESE LINES FROM THE SPEECH DIRECTLYALLUDE TO LINCOLN’S SPEECH. KING PAYS TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN'S EFFORTS TO THE FIGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND INJUSTICE AND HE IMPLORES AMERICANS TO JOIN THE BATTLE FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY FOR ALL AS IT IS PROMISED IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THEEx. U NITED STATES. pla in how he use s devic e t

CLOSING SENTENCE EXAMPLE (CONNECT BACK TO THE INTRODUCTION/WHAT STATEMENT. ) [INSERT AUTHOR’S NAME]MASTERFULLY USES [INSERT RHETORICAL STRATEGY/DEVICE HERE]AS HE [MAKE CONNECTION FROM THE EXAMPLE]. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING MASTERFULLY USES ALLUSION AS HE HELPS THE AUDIENCE CONNECT HIS IDEAS TO THAT OF ANOTHER “GREATAMERICAN. ” RECITING THE SPEECH IN FRONT OF THE LINCOLN MONUMENT, REVEREND KING LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY STANDS IN LINCOLN'S "SHADOW, " AS HE IS CONTINUES THE FIGHT IN WHICHLINCOLN PLAYED SUCH AN INFLUENTIAL ROLE.