Remembering Selma: Analyzing the Use of Rhetorical Devices

Learn to analyze the use of rhetorical devices in a nonfiction text. In this interactive tutorial, you'll examine excerpts from President Obama's speech on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Selma and analyze his use of three specific rhetorical devices: antithesis, rhetorical questions, and anaphora. You'll also analyze how he uses these rhetorical devices to help achieve his specific purpose. Along the way, you'll brush up on some important American history. 
Resource ID#: 198146 Type: Original Student Tutorial
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Subject(s): English Language Arts
Grade Level(s): 9, 10
Intended Audience: Students
Instructional Time: 40 Minute(s)
Keywords: English Language Arts, Barack Obama, Selma, Alabama, President Obama, March on Selma, civil rights movement, presidential speech, historical speech, Edmund Pettus Bridge, rhetorical devices, anithesis, rhetorical questions, anaphora, speech, nonfiction, informational text, John Lewis, elearning, e-learning, tutorials, interactive, rhetoric, historical American speeches, American presidential speech, e learning, purpose, English, Language Arts, ELA, Bloody Sunday, speeches, speaker's purpose, author's purpose
Resource Collection: Original Student Tutorials for Language Arts - Grades 6-12

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