Persuasive Speech Related to Julius Caesar Directions Directions: You are going to write your own persuasive speech which includes the rhetorical devices of logos, pathos, ethos, parallelism/repetition, rhetorical question, and analogy.

Topics of choice for the speech:
1. Brutus is selfless fighter or Brutus is traitor
2. Antony is a good leader to take charge of Rome

Step 1: Identify your topic and write your speech. Your speech should be at least a page in length.

Step 2: Once you have written your speech, you need to highlight the rhetorical devices you incorporated into your speech by using the following color code.
Logos
Pathos
Ethos
Parallelism/Repetition
Rhetorical Question
Analogy

*Some parts of your speech may qualify as 2 rhetorical devices. For instance, a line in your speech might be great ethos and pathos. Either choose the rhetorical device you think is stronger in that situation. Or color half of the line pink and half of the line yellow.

Step 3: Lastly, you will create an “analysis key” that explains your color coding. On a separate document, you will list your rhetorical examples and explain why you believe they are the device you listed them as.

Read the two conclusions to cinderella. conclusion a: “this is not the true bride,” said he to the father; “have you no other daughters? ” then cinderella took her shoe off, and put on the golden slipper, and it fitted as if it had been made for her. and when he drew near the prince knew her, and said, “this is the right bride.” then he took cinderella on his horse and rode away. conclusion b: he obliged cinderella to sit down, and, putting the slipper to her little foot, he found it went on very easily, and fitted her as if it had been made of wax. the astonishment of her two sisters was great, but it was still greater when cinderella pulled out of her pocket the other slipper and put it on her foot. thereupon, in came her godmother, who, having touched cinderella's clothes with her wand, made them more magnificent than those she had worn before. and now her two sisters found her to be that beautiful lady they had seen at the ball. they threw themselves at her feet to beg pardon for all their ill treatment of her. cinderella took them up, and, as she embraced them, said that she forgave them with all her heart, and begged them to love her always. she was conducted to the young prince, dressed as she was. he thought her more charming than ever, and, a few days after, married her. cinderella, who was as good as she was beautiful, gave her two sisters a home in the palace, and that very same day married them to two great lords of the court. which conclusion to cinderella is stronger? why? conclusion a is stronger because it uses dialogue that readers understand the prince's feelings toward cinderella. conclusion b is stronger because it describes a surprising and positive resolution to the conflict between the characters. conclusion a is stronger because it contains an emotional moment in which cinderella learns something. conclusion b is stronger because it shows that all of the characters changed and got what they deserved.

Read this excerpt from "we shall overcome." hundreds of thousands of people sang them. but sometimes, it was one lone person with a guitar. they sang in segregated bus stations, picket lines, freedom marches, concert stadiums, city squares, and videos. when injustice of oppression threatens, people sing protest songs to proclaim their resistance, publicize their cause, and encourage hope for a better future, based on this excerpt as an introductory paragraph, which of the following would you expect to read about in the article? different groups of people who were oppressed the ways that music brings diverse groups of people together similarities between historical movements that provided rights for groups of people different song styles throughout specific historical events

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