PERSUADING ACHILLES: A STORY SLAM (book: Iliad)

PERSUADING ACHILLES: A STORY SLAM (book: Iliad) Paper details: PERSUADING ACHILLES: A SLAM I PREPARATION 1.Carefully read a speech to Achilles: *Ajax (p 177, lines 642-665, Book 9) & Patroclus (pp 305-6, lines 23-48, Book 16) 2.Write a shorter, simpler version of the speech to deliver to the class in “Story Slam,” “Poetry Slam” or Rap style. Include all of the major arguments and try to use similar rhetorical techniques to the original speech Share your speeches and decide who will be representing your group in the “Slam” Story Slam Example: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e3acLcSdZQ