Journal

JournalYou have been given the task of relaying sad news to someone—their beloved family pet has died. Write a scene, letter or dialogue showing your use and understanding of kairos, audience and decorum.

• Kairos: When will you tell the person? (What’s going on before/after you tell them?)

• Audience: Who are you telling? What’s their age or other important details?

• Decorum: What language will you use, or how will you phrase this news?

REVIEW

With this in mind…• Rhetoric:– Content– Form

• When presenting rhetoric, consider:– Kairos– Audience– Decorum

(We will continue to delve deeper into these subjects as the year progresses!)

Classwork:We’re going to listen to excerpts from popular

speeches!

• As you listen to each excerpt, take note of things that stand out to you as an example of “good rhetoric”

• Try and identify the speaker or the audience of the speech

• When might this speech have been given?• Can you identify any examples of “decorum” in the

speech just from listening to it?

#1Teddy Roosevelt“Duties of American Citizenship” January 26, 1883; Buffalo, New York to NY Assembly

#2 Lou Gehrig“Farewell to Baseball Address” July 4, 1939; Yankee Stadium

#3 Chief Joseph“Surrender Speech”

October 5, 1877; Montana Territory

#4 “Speech of Alexander the Great”326 B.C.; Hydaspes River, India

#5 William Wilberforce“Abolition Speech”

May 12, 1789; House of Commons, London

#6 Ronald Reagan“Remarks at the

Brandenburg Gate” June 12, 1987;

Brandenburg Gate, Berlin

#7 Pericles, “Funeral Oration” 431 BC; Athens

#8 Patrick Henry“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!” March 23, 1775;

Richmond, VA

#9 Abraham Lincoln“The Gettysburg Address”

November 19, 1863; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania