Speech 1
Please complete the following in class on Monday:
- SCAN and UPLOAD to FOCUS-The Speech SOAPSTONE Paper given out on Thursday, also found HERE if you can’t find yours: https://mrsreed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Great-Historical-Speeches-Review-Pre-Planning-Docume…
- UPLOAD to Turnitin Tab above here on Teams-Create a NEW WORD DOC that is a paragraph like what we wrote for the Challenger Speech:
- Analyze your speech to their audience and the use of ONE Rhetorical Appeal & ONE type of Figurative Language to get the message across to the American People. If you were in the audience for this speech, how would you have felt as a person of the times based on what they said?
Items needed in your NEW DOCUMENT (Minimum of 3 Sentences) that will be uploaded to TURNITIN above, AI/Plagiarism/CoPilot usage=0%:
- Analyze your speech to their audience and the use of ONE Rhetorical Appeal & ONE type of Figurative Language to get the message across to the American People. If you were in the audience for this speech, how would you have felt as a person of the times based on what they said?
- The Speaker’s name
- Specifically reference what was the historical time period when the speech was written
- What is it Generally about?
- Pick a Figurative Language & an Appeal each with a “Quote” from the Speech
The Figurative Language (HIGHLIGHT)
- Allusion
- Metaphor
- Parallelism
- Repetition
The Rhetorical Appeals (DO NOT SAY THE NAME OF THE APPEAL!!)-Bold it
- Ethos-“Shows the need for unity” or “Builds his credibility by…”
- Logos- “Logically states” or “rationally argues”
- Pathos- “Reaches out to the hearts”
Add another Sentence as to your reaction as a student