We will watch these speeches as a class and work in groups to identify the persuasive techniques used. The first task is to answer some questions about each speech.

Assignment 1: Famous Persuasive Speeches

The MASTERLIST document has a brief description and example of each technique.

The PowerPoints contain more detailed information about what the techniques are and how and why they are used.

• Persuasive Techniques 1: Basic Devices
• Persuasive Techniques 2: Sophisticated Devices
• Types of Hooks
  

Blooket to review basic persuasive devices: Persuasive Techniques

Blooket to review sophisticated devices: Sophisticated Devices

Download a copy of the Strong & Weak Arguments PowerPoint. Do the activities, save, and share with me.

The others we will go through in class.

• Debates
  
• Speaking Skills.pptx
• Strong vs Weak Arguments
  

We will hold the debates in Week 5.