The Difference a Day Makes...

Use this document to guide your study of this important 24 hours in American history, and the speeches delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy.

Article about WHY this speech mattered to the audience: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/04/martin-luther-king-last-31-hours-the-story-of-his-prophetic-last-speech

Rhetorical Analysis Timed Essay

Please give yourself no more than 50 minutes to complete this rhetorical analysis writing.

Time Travel to meet your pre20th century author!

Use this doc to guide your letter writing to your pre-20th century author!

This letter is due on Tuesday, 4/23.

Kennedy's Inaugural Address

Read the speech through once to determine author purpose.

Read a second time, focusing on:

LOGICAL ARGUMENTS/POINTS BEING MADE—CREATE A FLOWCHART OF IDEAS

Read a third time, focusing on one of these aspects:

AUDIENCE CONNECTIONS—IDENTIFY WAYS HE LOOKS TO CONNECT WITH HIS WIDE AUDIENCE

DICTION—IDENTIFY SIGNIFICANT WORD CHOICE AND WHY IT IS IMPACTFUL

SYMBOLISM AND IMAGERY—IDENTIFY HOW THIS IS USED, WHAT IS BEING EXPRESSED SYMBOLICALLY AND WHY IT IS BEING EXPRESSED FIGURATIVELY AND NOT LITERALLY

CONTEXT—LOOK FOR WAYS THAT CONTEXT AND WORLD EVENTS OF THE TIMES IMPACTED HIS IDEAS THROUGHOUT THE SPEECH

Finally, use THIS PRESENTATION to effectively analyze the rhetorical techniques used by Kennedy to achieve his purpose in this speech.

Pre20th century author research

Use this presentation to guide your research of your pre20th century author.

You will also be evaluating this author's writing style.
Look for a few representations of his/her writing, which might include letters, speeches, essays, etc.
If you find a longer work (such as a book), you may want to decide on 2-3 pages only to read, in order to gather a sample impression of his/her writing.

Use the wkst. given out in class to take a closer look at this author's writing and determine consistent attributes of his/her writing style.