Monday, The Speeches

Objective: By the end of class, Students will analyze speeches by Brutus and  Antony and analyze power of rhetoric and persuasion.

DO NOW

Write down definition of rhetoric in notebooks:

rhet·o·ric

ˈretərik/

noun

1. 1.

   the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, esp. the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

   
   

   Direct Instruction

   
   

   What is the difference between manipulation and persuasion??

   
   

   Read Brutus' speech.

   Read Marc Antony's speech.
   
   View through Antony's speech....

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Independent

Reread Brutus' speech.
1. What evidence does he provide for Caesar's "ambition"?
2. Is it important to be patriotic according to Brutus?
3. Brutus gives the citizens two scenerios - Let Caesar live and be slaves, or kill him and live as free men  - is this really and logical (based on fact?)?

Reread Marc Antony's speech.
1. Circle words and phrases that he repeats many times (figurative language).
2. Circle rhetorical questions (figurative language).
3. Identify verbal irony (sarcasm).
4. Identify three examples of how Caesar was NOT ambitious according to Antony.
5. What would you identify as logical appeals (facts)? Emotional (pull on heart strings)?

Closure

Review speech worksheets.

Exit Pass

What is the difference between persuasion and manpiulation?