Year 8
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will focus on writing speeches. Drawing upon spectacular speakers of the past, we will explore how rhetoric is used to build instant trust with a crowd. We will use this inspiration to create our own professional speeches, to secure our powers of persuasion for any scenario.
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6 Questions
Q1.
When writing articles, we should withhold our:
headline
ideas
words
Q2.
An example of anaphora is:
Don't fill your time with Google; fill it with the outdoors instead.
We have been brave, we are brave, we will be brave again!
We must not get distracted.
Q3.
A headline is useful for:
Giving facts and figures
Making the article look tidy
Starting the article with some good words
Q4.
Close down counterarguments with:
a catchy headline
a range of convincing arguments to support the counterargument
a range of emotive language
Q5.
When planning to write an opinion article, it is important that you plan (select two answers):
how many people you will be giving your speech to
how much space you will need to draw a headline
Q6.
Fundamental means:
essential and well-liked
not important
not necessary
6 Questions
Q1.
Ethos is vital to speeches because:
Our audience have to pay attention
Our audience want to hear the facts
Our audience will want to discuss it afterwards
Q2.
Hypophora is:
An answer followed by a question
Ending each success clause or phrase with the same words
Starting each successive clause or phrase with the same words
Q3.
Some of the best rhetoric speakers in history were:
Explaining
Leading others into evacuation
Negotiating
Q4.
Napoleon was confident in his speech through the use of:
anaphora
elegy
epiphora
Q5.
Effective rhetoric when speaking helps you to (give two answers):
Describe your surroundings
Give clear instructions
Q6.
Name three key ways to help with expanding sentences (select three answers):
full stop