Leading with Purpose: Analyzing a Speaker's Rhetoric

This teaching resource provides the tools to help students analyze President George W. Bush’s “9/11 Address to the Nation.” This resource will help students examine the president’s rhetoric and how he uses figurative language to achieve his different purposes. This includes his use of both imagery and alliteration. Students will also examine how the president uses the rhetorical device antithesis to achieve his purposes.
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Subject(s): English Language Arts, Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 9
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Document Camera, Computer for Presenter, Internet Connection, Interactive Whiteboard, LCD Projector, Microsoft Office
Instructional Time: 1 Hour(s) 30 Minute(s)
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Keywords: English Language Arts, ELA, civics, civics integration, 9/11, September 11th, President George W. Bush, World Trade Center, the Pentagon, terrorists, literary nonfiction, informational texts, speeches, presidential speeches, historical speeches, American speeches, presidential addresses, "9/11 Address to the Nation", speech analsysis, textual evidence, purposes, general purposes, specific purposes, American principles, Preamble of the Constitution, teaching ideas, historic American speeches, rhetoric, rhetorical devices, imagery, alliteration, antithesis, figurative language
Instructional Component Type(s): Text Resource,  Lesson Plan,  Worksheet,  Assessment,  Presentation/Slideshow,  Teaching Idea,  Formative Assessment
Resource Collection: Integrated Civics with ELA Original teacher resources - Grades 6-12

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