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The Art of Persuasion: How Rhetorical Devices Influence Audiences Lesson PlanThe Art of Persuasion: How Rhetorical Devices Influence Audiences Lesson Plan
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Literacy Design Collaborative
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9th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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1 mo 19 days
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The Art of Persuasion: How Rhetorical Devices Influence Audiences

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This The Art of Persuasion: How Rhetorical Devices Influence Audiences lesson plan also includes:
  • Michael J. Fox Testimony to the Senate (1999)
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Scholars analyze a variety of text to identify the development of claims and persuasive techniques writers use. In each text, pupils determine the argument and the persuasive techniques and complete a task introduction worksheet. The final task asks readers to analyze the persuasive techniques Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. used in his I have a Dream speech.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

rhetoric, rhetorical devices, persuasion

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Ask learners to identify their own topics and write persuasive speeches about it

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Pros

  • Includes an optional extension to the task
  • Assigns a time to each activity

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.9-10.8 W.9-10.2.a SL.9-10.3

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