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Journal:. Situation: You are to give a speech to the public. Directions: Write an address that uses the words “ honorable” and “ambitious” multiple times. Consider: How will your speech sound? What methods of persuasion are you using (how are you reaching your audience)?
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Journal: Situation: You are to give a speech to the public. Directions: Write an address that uses the words “honorable” and “ambitious” multiple times. Consider: How will your speech sound? What methods of persuasion are you using (how are you reaching your audience)? (When finished, pick up a copy of Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student)
REVIEW • Logos • Ethos • Pathos • Kairos • Audience • Decorum
Anaphora • Repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect • Example: Lincoln's “we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground” is an example of anaphora See page 390-391 in Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student
Epiphora/Epistrophe • Repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect • Example: Lincoln's “of the people, by the people, for the people” See page 390-391 in Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student
Antony’s Speech (1950) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aO89Elkcx4 Modern Antony’s Speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8slDtT-Hhg
Classwork: • Read and annotate Marc Antony’s speech from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar • Highlight, underline or circle the following: • Anaphora or epistrophe • Examples of ethos • Examples of pathos • Examples of logos • Write down your own definition of ambitious and honorable according to their context in the speech
Homework: • Fill in the blanks of the Marc Antony speech handout with synonyms or words that you fill would work best there • Remember: Synonyms can work like repetition! Consider: “He was noble. He was good. He was righteous. He was honorable.” • Find an example of anaphora, epistrophe, or general repetition in a speech, Bible verse, poem, story, etc. and copy it to the back of your fill-in-the blank handout.