This focused rhetorical analysis lesson guides students through Sir Francis Bacon’s essay “Of Revenge” to examine how Renaissance writers use logic, structure, and ethical reasoning to persuade readers. Students analyze Bacon’s strategic use of aphorism, metaphor, antithesis, parallelism, cause-and-effect reasoning, ethos, and allusion to understand how rhetorical choices shape meaning and argument. Ideal for AP Language, AP Literature, British Literature, and Honors ELA, this resource emphasize