American Rhetoric

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American Rhetoric is an expansive site containing speeches on a variety of topics. The rhetoric exercises are interesting and informative on the use of rhetoric in reporting. Students will be intrigued by the Rodman vs. de Ref exercise. The audio quality is good and the images included are relevant and appropriate.

Description:

American Rhetoric is an expansive collection of thousands of speeches. There is an "index to and growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events and a declaration or two." The site also contains "200+ short audio clips from well-known speeches, movies, sermons, popular songs and sensational media events by famous (and infamous) politicians, actors, preachers, athletes, singers and other noteworthy personalities. Clips are designed to illustrate various rhetorical devices used in specific rhetorical situations to induce an audience to cooperate with a speaker's persuasive purpose(s)."

Possible uses:

Writing curriculum can utilize the speeches for study and the activities for learning more about rhetoric. 200 or more audio clips are organized by rhetorical figures and offer definitions, examples and their sources. Social Studies classes can find audio and text versions of thousands of speeches related to a wide array of topics. Classes can listen to speeches to add an audio learning component to the experience.

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ESL/EFL/ELL : Writing

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