Nelson mandela make poverty history speech

Because rhetoric can unwittingly persuade a listener or reader, recognizing and analyzing the elements of rhetoric within a speech will help you become a stronger critical thinker. In this assignment, you will analyze a famous speech by finding examples of rhetorical elements such as audience, purpose, repetition, imagery, logos, ethos, and pathos.

Directions
Review and select ONE speech from the website titled 100 Greatest Speeches (Links to an external site.). (NOTE: You may not use the first two speeches.)
Open, download, and save the Rhetorical Devices Chart (Links to an external site.) to begin your speech analysis.
Write the source information for the speech at the top of the chart.
Read and analyze the speech for TWO specific examples of audience, purpose, repetition, imagery, logos, ethos, and pathos.

Purpose
The rhetorical analysis essay allows you to flex your critical thinking muscles and demonstrate what you have learned about rhetorical analysis. The hope is that you will be able to apply a few of these devices to your own writing.

Directions
You will write a rhetorical analysis essay as your midterm exam. In this essay, you will analyze THREE rhetorical elements from the speech you selected for analysis earlier in the module. Before writing the essay you will construct a detailed outline for your midterm exam essay. You can use information you wrote in your discussion board posting for your outline, and your outline will be the basis for writing your midterm exam.

This 5 paragraph essay will have an introductory paragraph, three body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. You will first develop your ideas for your essay using an outline. An outline of your ideas will help you establish a focus for your essay and then provide supporting ideas for that focus. Your outline and essay will consist of the following ideas: