In the Activity portion of the Speaking and Listening Skill for this lesson, you will evaluate Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson’s delivery of a speech. Directions:

In the box below, write a paragraph evaluating Johnson’s delivery of his speech “Remarks at Gettysburg on Civil Rights.” Be sure to include

a statement on the speaker’s delivery
a description of the oral fluency techniques the speaker uses throughout the speech
an explanation of how the speaker’s oral fluency contributes to the purpose of the speech

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. isn’t this like condemning socrates because his unswerving commitment to truth and his philosophical inquiries precipitated the act by the misguided populace in which they made him drink hemlock? isn’t this like condemning jesus because his unique god consciousness and never ceasing devotion to god’s will precipitated the evil act of crucifixion? what rhetorical technique does martin luther king employ in this excerpt from “letter from birmingham jail”? select all that apply. allusion extended metaphor figurative language simile