Looking for a no-prep rhetoric unit that contains engaging, relevant, and rigorous materials? Fortunately, this 5-6 week Rhetorical Analysis Unit Bundle represents 21st Century learning at its best! Students will participate in a variety of analysis activities: from analyzing historical speeches and viewing modern advertisements to watching and analyzing movie speeches aimed to motivate and inspire audiences around the globe. Then, when students have mastered how to evaluate rhetorical strategies - including rhetorical devices and appeals - within smaller texts, they can delve into Elie Wiesel's masterfully crafted "Hope, Despair, and Memory" Nobel Prize speech, where they can learn about the power of memory and the future of humanity, all while they annotate and rhetorically analyze the strategies Wiesel uses to impact his audience. Plus, students will create and present their own Persuasive Advertisement Project, one that allows them to creatively show their mastery of rhetoric at the end of the unit.

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Materials Included:

An Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis: PPT, Guided Notes, Practice, & Quiz

1. 37 Editable PowerPoint slides that cover:

• The definition of "rhetoric"
• Background and History
• The Rhetorical Triangle
• Rhetorical Appeals (ethos, pathos, and logos) with examples and practice: through real-world advertisements and through FDR's "Infamy" Pearl Harbor Speech (A U.S Seminal 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 for students to use as they navigate through the lecture

3. Matching and Multiple-Choice Quiz to assess their mastery of rhetorical appeals and rhetorical devices

4. Detailed Answer Keys!! - to make your life easier!

Rhetorical Appeals Through Cinema: Engaging Ethos, Pathos, & Logos Activities

Iconic Speeches from 7 Popular Movies, Including:

1. Coach Boone’s Speech from Remember the Titans

2. Coach Lengyel’s Speech from We Are Marshall (some minor language, edited on worksheet)

3. The U.S President’s Speech from Armageddon

4. William Wallace’s Speech from Braveheart

5. Dumbledore’s Speech from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

6. President Snow’s Speech from Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

7. Diana’s Last Monologue from Wonder Woman

Each movie speech contains 2 worksheets, which include:

• A brief summary of the movie
• An image from the speech scene in the movie
• A Link to watch the film clip (please copy and paste the links)
• A reprinted copy of the speech (full-text)
• An annotation guide for ethos, pathos, and logos
• A SOAPSTone analysis chart
• Analyzing Rhetorical Appeals Questions (specific for each speech)

***Detailed Answer Keys provided for EACH speech!!***

Rhetorical Devices Through Cinema: Engaging Rhetoric and Soapstone Activities

~ A list of 25 rhetorical devices, with definitions, including:

• Parallelism
• Juxtaposition
• Anaphora
• Euphemism
• Hyperbole
• Epistrophe
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Paradox
• Antithesis
• Anadiplosis
• Asyndeton
• And More!

~ Iconic Speeches from 7 Popular Movies, Including:

1. The U.S President’s Speech from Armageddon
2. Ian Malcolm’s monologue from Jurassic Park
3. Bane’s monologue from The Dark Night Rises
4. The President’s speech from Independence Day
5. Queen Gorgo’s speech from 300
6. Walt Disney’s monologue from Saving Mr. Banks
7. Harry Potter’s monologue from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

~ Each movie speech/monologue includes TWO worksheets, which include:

• A brief summary of the movie
• An image from the speech scene in the movie
• A Link to watch the film clip (please copy and paste the links)
• A reprinted copy of the movie speech (full-text)
• An annotation guide for rhetorical devices
• A SOAPSTONE analysis chart
• Analyzing Rhetorical Devices Questions (specific for each speech)

~ Detailed Answer Keys provided for EACH speech!!

Hope, Despair, and Memory by Elie Wiesel: Rhetorical Analysis Activity Pack

• Lesson Plans - 15 Common Core standards and Detailed Teacher Notes included
• Pre-reading Video Activities: Video Summary, Anticipation Guide, Argument Development, and Style Analysis
• Two-Column Guided Reading Activity – custom worksheets with the full text located on the left and guided reading questions on the right. The questions focus on vocabulary, annotating the text, reading comprehension, rhetorical appeals, rhetorical devices, argument analysis, and author’s purpose
• After Reading Reflection Questions
• SOAPSTone Analysis Activity - so students can analyze Wiesel as speaker, his audience, the occasion, purpose, subject, and tone
• Multiple-Choice and Matching Test - to assess student learning and concept mastery
• Two Project Options, including a rhetorical analysis essay or a PowerPoint presentation (perfect for differentiation). Each project comes with detailed instructions, an outline worksheet, and a customized rubric
• Detailed Answer Keys for the video summary and style analysis activities, the guided reading questions, the SOAPSTone analysis, and the quiz

Persuasive Advertisement Rhetoric Project: Requirements, Rubric, Handouts, and More!

• Personalized Teacher Notes with CCSS Standards Included
• "Persuasive Advertisement" Project Requirements
• “Persuasive Advertisement” Grading Scale/Rubric
• Class Presentation Handout
• Whole-Group Presentation Feedback Forms
• Small-Group “Advertisement Fair” Instructions, Planning Guide, and Tally Sheet
• Student Exemplars (from 10th grade regular/ESE/ESOL students

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HERE'S WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I cannot recommend this bundle highly enough! It guides students in meaningful and engaging ways through the process of rhetorical analysis every step of the way, and it provides real life practice through cinema and ads. My easily bored students LOVED this SO much! I loved how beautifully crafted it was. Thanks so much for a fabulous resource! - Sandra A.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is one of the best resources I have purchased on TPT. My students were actively engaged the entire time. This was truly a success. - Brooke R.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The items in this bundle really helped my students get a more practical grasp of rhetorical analysis in the classroom. The cinema examples especially helped them understand it better by showing them examples of its usage in popular culture. Other parts of the bundle helped simplify rhetorical analysis, allowing me to go over it with them in a much easier and more visual manner. - Ashley R.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My students LOVED this unit! They were engaged daily and said it was their favorite unit of the semester! - Heather B.

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Check out my Early American and 1900's American speech units for more high quality and rigorous rhetorical analysis materials!

Keywords: persuasive language, evaluating an argument, argumentative writing, persuasive writing, AP Language and Composition, informational text analysis, rhetorical purpose, the rhetorical situation, pop culture, multimedia, advertisement analysis, American speeches, Lang and Comp, Advanced Placement rhetorical analysis, AP argument analysis, AP Lang, AP Comp