This versatile, comprehensive lesson (offered in Google Classroom, PPT, and PDF formats) will introduce students to rhetoric in a rigorous and relevant way by providing them with detailed notes, examples from noteworthy American speeches, numerous opportunities for practice and discussion, and a chance to show their mastery of the topic with a multiple-choice and matching assessment at the end. It also features detailed guided notes and answer keys for all of the activities included.

Materials Included:

1. 37 Editable slides (offered in Google Slides and PDF formats) that cover:

• The definition of "rhetoric"
• Background and History
• The Rhetorical Triangle
• Rhetorical Appeals (ethos, pathos, and logos) with examples and practice: through advertisements and through FDR's "Infamy" Pearl Harbor Speech
• Rhetorical Devices (juxtaposition, anaphora, euphemism, hyperbole, asyndeton, amplification, paradox, and more!) with examples and practice: through advertisements and through Coretta Scott King's "10 Commandments of Vietnam" Speech
• Detailed teacher notes throughout that include: presentation tips, discussion questions, and possible answers

2. Guided Notes (offered in editable Google Slides & PDF formats) for students to use as they navigate through the lecture

3. Matching and Multiple-Choice Quiz (offered in editable, self-grading Google Forms format and as a PDF) to assess their mastery of the concepts

4. Detailed Answer Keys!!

Together, these custom materials will provide students with a thorough, engaging, and rigorous introduction to a very complex analytical topic. They will not only be able to define the components of rhetoric in detail, but will also be able to critically assess the world around them. I hope you and your students enjoy!

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