Subject
Rhetoric
1.00 Credit
Grades 9 - 12
Full Year
This course is archived and no longer available for enrollment.
Rhetoric
Course Description
Students will develop public speaking strategies. They will memorize great and memorable speeches from the past using varied delivery styles. They will learn the basic canons of rhetoric to write their own speeches which will be delivered to an audience.
Course Objectives
Clearly identify and implement the following:
- Ethos, Pathos, Logos of speech
- Five canons of Rhetoric
- Three kinds of Rhetoric
- Fallacies and avoid use of in speeches
Texts
- Rhetoric Alive!, Book 1: Principles of Persuasion, Classical Academic Press (ISBN 13: 9781600513015)
