Analyzing Rhetorical Devices in King and Wiesel Speeches
Explore the rhetorical devices used by Martin Luther King Jr. and Elie Wiesel in their speeches through the lens of ethos, pathos, logos, repetition, parallelism, metaphor, allusion, imagery, diction, and rhetorical questions. Understand how these devices strengthen the authors' positions and arguments.
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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 YOU ANALYZE THE USE OF RHETORICAL DEVICES THAT WERE USED TO STRENGTHEN THE AUTHOR S POSITION OR ARGUMENT.
Repetition Parallelism Metaphor Allusion Imagery Diction Rhetorical Questions Etc. RHETORICAL DEVICES
Ethos-an appeal to character and ethics RHETORICAL DEVICES Pathos-an appeal to emotions and feelings Logos-an appeal to rational ideas and logic ETHOS PATHOS LOGOS
FORMATTHE PARAGRAPH Topic Sentence/What W Where W How H Concluding Sentence
PARAGRAPH FORMAT INTRODUCTION/W: WHAT - STATEMENTTHAT CLARIFIESTHEFOCUSOFTHEPARAGRAPH; WHATSTRATEGY/DEVICEISTHEAUTHOR USING? W: WHEREISTHISSTRATEGY/DEVICEBEING USED? (TEXTUALEVIDENCE) H: HOWDOESTHEAUTHORUSETHIS DEVICE/STRATEGYEFFECTIVELYINORDERTO SUPPORTHIS/HERARGUMENT? CLOSING- COMMENTARYTHATTIESTHESE WWH-SETSBACKTOYOURTOPICSENTENCE
INTRODUCTION SENTENCE EXAMPLE (CLARIFYTHEFOCUSOFTHEPARAGRAPH) ONERHETORICALDEVICETHAT[INSERTAUTHORHERE] USESINSTRENGTHENINGHISARGUMENTIS[INSERT RHETORICALSTRATEGY/DEVICEHERE] INTHESPEECH [INSERTSPEECHTITLEHERE]. ONERHETORICALDEVICETHATDR. KINGUSESIN STRENGTHENINGHISARGUMENTISTHEUSEOFALLUSIONS INHISSPEECH, I HAVEADREAM.
WHERE EXAMPLE FOREXAMPLE, [INSERTAUTHORHERE]INSERT EXAMPLEHERE] (INSERTPAGENUMBER). FOREXAMPLE, DR. KINGSTATES, "FIVESCORE YEARSAGO, AGREAT AMERICAN, INWHOSE SYMBOLICSHADOWWESTANDTODAY, SIGNEDTHE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION" (2).
HOW EXAMPLE (EXPLAINHOWTHEAUTHORUSESPREVIOUSQUOTEASA RHETORICALDEVICE/STRATEGY.) DR. KING'SSPEECHWASDELIVERED 100 YEARS AFTER LINCOLN'S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION (1863) THATFREEDALLSLAVESINREBELTERRITORIES. THESE LINESFROMTHESPEECHDIRECTLYALLUDETO LINCOLN S SPEECH. KINGPAYSTRIBUTETO LINCOLN'SEFFORTSTOFIGHT AGAINSTDISCRIMINATIONANDINJUSTICEANDHEIMPLORES AMERICANSTOJOINTHEBATTLEFORJUSTICEANDEQUALITY FORALLASITISPROMISEDINTHE CONSTITUTIONOFTHE UNITED STATES.
CLOSING SENTENCE EXAMPLE (CONNECTBACKTOTHE INTRODUCTION/WHATSTATEMENT.) [INSERTAUTHOR SNAME] MASTERFULLYUSES[INSERTRHETORICAL STRATEGY/DEVICEHERE] ASHE [MAKECONNECTIONFROMTHE EXAMPLE]. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KINGMASTERFULLYUSESALLUSIONASHEHELPS THEAUDIENCECONNECTHISIDEASTOTHATOFANOTHER GREAT AMERICAN. RECITINGTHESPEECHINFRONTOFTHE LINCOLN MONUMENT, REVEREND KINGLITERALLYANDFIGURATIVELYSTANDS IN LINCOLN'S "SHADOW," ASHECONTINUESTHEFIGHTINWHICH LINCOLNPLAYEDSUCHANINFLUENTIALROLE.
