Select one of the speech excerpts viewed in class today, and relate the speech to either:
(a) 5 canons of rhetoric – critique
(b) Ethos, pathos, Logos – examples
(c) figures of speech: metaphors, repetition and reversal of words, hyperbole/exaggeration, anecdote, etc. (for list of rhetorical devices, go here: https://files.itslearning.com/data/1821/c1080/rhetorical%20devices.pdf? (Links to an external site.)
http://mentalfloss.com/article/60234/21-rhetorical-devices-explained (Links to an external site.)
The excerpts can be found here:
Johnnie Cochran closing statement(American Crime Story-The People Vs O.J Simpson) (Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a5ex_QKfmk)
Johnnie Cochran closing statement(American Crime Story-The People Vs O.J Simpson)
Michelle Obama’s DNC speech: Key moments (Links to an external site.)
Michelle Obama’s DNC speech: Key moments
Flashback: Margaret Thatcher Slams Socialism (Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxg6gz1tXB8.)
Flashback: Margaret Thatcher Slams Socialism
(Links:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w15kDYI8s8)
Shining City Upon A Hill (Links https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c32G868tor0)
Watch Malala Yousafzai’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech (Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hx0ajieM3M)