Friday, February 4, 2011

The Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/inaug.asp

RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF AN ARTIFACT: IF YOU CLICK ON THE ABOVE LINK, YOU WILL DISCOVER THE ARTIFACT. Your artifact of analysis is the Inaugural Address of a President.

I will write the names of the Presidents on note-cards that will be placed in an envelope. You will then reach into the envelope (without peeking) and pull-out a card naming the President for your artifact - Inaugural Speech- analysis.

You will engage in the same process we did while analyzing the speeches of Reagan (Challenger) and Bush (Columbia). Refer to the handout, Five Canons of Rhetoric-as well as all your other resources.