You will select a speech from the list provided by Ms. Stewart. The Author and speech selected will be used to complete your paper. Below provides the make-up of how your paper should be submitted, by paragraph.
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Paragraph #1 – Speech overview
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Provide the title of the Speech and the name of the speaker
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Tell why this speech is relevant
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Provide several quotes from the speech that are important
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Paragraph #2 – Author & Speech Analysis
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Provide information about other speeches the author has given
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What made this speaker create this type of speech? (What happen, what is happening?)
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What are other rhetorical devices the speaker is using? (i.e. parallelism, repetition, bias, etc)
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What was the theme of the speech
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Does the speech use ethos, pathos, and ethos? Explain which one(s) and provide an example
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What was the speaker trying to persuade readers to do, think about, believe?
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Who was the speaker directly their speech towards? Why?
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What was the importance of giving this speech?
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Paragraph #3 – Conclusion Paragraph
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Sum up what the speech is about
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Make connections to: o Text to Self (your life, experiences, etc) o Text to World (society – past, present or future) o Text to Text (books, stories, movies, songs)
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How did this speech affect you?
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Did the speaker persuade you to take their side?
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Overall, what did you learn?
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It must be typed, if not, you MUST write so that I can understand your handwriting
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It must include ALL information in each paragraphs
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Any element or piece of required information missing from the paragraph will reduce the grade.
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DUE DATE: February 29, 2016
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Be sure to spell check and grammar check, yes it matters!
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Place this sheet at the back of your paper.
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Speeches to choose from: o Sojourner Truth 's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech o Clara Barton testified before Congress about the o The Hypocrisy of American Slavery by Frederick horrors she witnessed o The Gettysburg Address by President Abraham
Douglass Lincoln o We Shall Fight on the Beaches by Winston Churchill o The Moon Speech” by
President John F. Kennedy o I am Prepared to Die by Nelson Mandela o Wrath of Grapes Boycott by Cesar Chavez o o
Tear Down this Wall by President Ronald Reagan
Presidential Inauguration Ceremony, 1993, Maya
Angelou
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Submit the paper with a cover page that includes o
Your Name o The title of the speech (ex: “I Have A Dream”) o The speakers Name (ex: Speech presented by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) o The Class and class period (ex: English I – Period 1)
COVER PAGE EXAMPLE
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