Write a comparative analysis of both speeches, focusing on the authors' use of rhetoric, central ideas, purpose, and how they achieve different ends while addressing the same topic of slavery.
Submit your analysis for feedback and further discussion.
After completing the reading and activities in this lesson, you will be able to:
analyze an author's use of rhetoric in a text
analyze the central idea of a historical American speech
analyze an author's choice in establishing and achieving purpose in a historical American speech
analyze the ways in which authors achieve different ends while writing about the same topic
Assessment
Complete the reading and activities in the lesson.
Check your understanding of important concepts.
Select one of these paired speeches to read, analyze, and evaluate:
On Slavery: John C. Calhoun and Abraham Lincoln
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