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1. Rhetorical Analysis Essay: A Famous Speech
Format: MLA style paper (12 point font, 1 inch margins, double spacing, page numbers)
Basic Requirements:You must complete your Library’s Research Tutorial before library
class day on Tuesday, 22 Jan and before beginning your research. Find it at:
https://subjectguides.library.american.edu/infolit 4-5 pages, use MLA Style paper (heading
on upper left, double-spaced, page numbers – see Blackboard for sample format) 3 sources
minimum. For this essay, you will only have to include page numbers from the speech itself
or author’s last names in parentheses for library sources.List your sources on the last page
of your essay. Include at least one biographical source to document the speaker’s life, his or
her work in the movement, and the presumed purpose of the speech Include at least two
news items to establish the background and context for the problem the speech was
responding to, such as civil rights, women’s issues, apartheid, and so on Comment on other
features of the speech: intended audience, author’s tone, diction, use of stylistic devices
(metaphors, repetition, and others), and rhetorical appeals Develop a clear thesis that
represents your own thinking, which is your assessment of how well the speech works and
why, using supporting ideas based on reasons and evidence Use paraphrasing, quoting, and
summarizing to integrate library material and lines from the speech as examples into the
text to make your points. Use moves described in They Say, I Say to create an effective flow
of ideasThis assignment was adapted from The Rhetorical Analysis assignment by Jonah G.
Willihnganz of Stanford University,
https://web.stanford.edu/~jonahw/PWR1/RhetoricalAnalysis.html#Rhetorical #Analysis
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