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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Ronald Reagan: Remarks to National Assoc. Of Evangelicals

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [30:05] of President Reagan's speech " Evil Empires" at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals on March 8, 1983, in Orlando, Florida.
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American Rhetoric: Harry S. Truman: "The Truman Doctrine"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of President Truman's speech "The Truman Doctrine" before a Joint Session of Congress on March 12, 1947, concerning aid to Greece and Turkey.
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American Rhetoric: Jesse Jackson: 1988 Democratic National Convention Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and video [5:40] of Jesse Jackson's speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention on July 19, 1988, at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia.
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American Rhetoric: Mary Fisher: 1992 Rnc Address: "A Whisper of Aids"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of Mary Fisher's speech "A Whisper of Aids" presented at the 1992 Republican Convention on August 19, 1992, in Houston, Texas. She discusses the issue of HIV and AIDS and the need to remove the silence about it.
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American Rhetoric: Lyndon Baines Johnson: "The Great Society"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [7:33] of President Lyndon Baines Johnson's speech "The Great Society" delivered on May 22, 1964, in Ann Arbor, Michigan; It outlines his plans for the Great Society.
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American Rhetoric: George C. Marshall: The Marshall Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of George C. Marshall's speech "The Marshall Plan," a plan to help Europe recover from the devastation of WW II, delivered on June 5, 1947, at Harvard University.
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American Rhetoric: Edward M. Kennedy: "Faith, Truth and Tolerance in America"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [4:27] of Senator Ted Kennedy's speech "Faith, Truth and Tolerance in America" delivered on October 3, 1983, at the Liberty Baptist College (Liberty University), in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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American Rhetoric: Eleanor Roosevelt: The Struggle for Human Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Eleanor Roosevelt's speech "The Struggle for Human Rights," on the preservation of human freedom delivered on September 28, 1948, in Paris, France.
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American Rhetoric: Carrie Chapman Catt: "The Crisis"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Carrie Chapman Catt's speech "The Crisis" on the topic of Woman's Suffrage delivered on September 7, 1916, in Atlanta, Georgia.
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American Rhetoric: Newton N. Minow: "Television and the Public Interest"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of the speech "Television and the Public Interest" by Newton N. Minow, from the Federal Communications Commission, delivered on May 9, 1961, at National Association of Broadcasters in Washington, DC.
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American Rhetoric: Richard M. Nixon: Cambodian Incursion Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio. and video [21:54] of President Nixon's speech explaining the conditions in Vietnam and the need to remove the enemy sanctuaries along the border of Vietnam and Cambodia. It was delivered on April 30, 1970, from...
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American Rhetoric: Lyndon Baines Johnson: On Vietnam and Not Seeking Reelection

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [2:52] of President Lyndon Johnson's speech concerning the Vietnam War and his not seeking re-election.
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American Rhetoric: William Jennings Bryan: Imperialism (Flag of an Empire)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of William Jennings Bryan's speech "Imperialism" (Flag of an Empire) delivered on August 8, 1900, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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American Rhetoric: Theodore Roosevelt: "The Man With the Muck Rake"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Theodore Roosevelt's "The Man with the Muck-rake" speech on April 14, 1906.
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American Rhetoric: Martin Luther King, Jr.: "A Time to Break Silence"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of Martin Luther King, Jr."s speech "'Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence" delivered on April 4, 1967, at Riverside Church, New York City.
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American Rhetoric: Robert F. Kennedy: Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [1:47] of Robert F. Kennedy's speech to the nation concerning the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.; it was delivered on April 4, 1968, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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American Rhetoric: Top 100 Speeches

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an interactive collection of the top 100 speeches in order of their popularity; most include the text and audio of the speech and several also offer the video. RI.9-10.9 US Documents
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Rhetorical Appeals: Appeals to Ethos

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on appeals to Ethos, When you evaluate an appeal to ethos, how successfully a speaker or writer establishes authority or credibility with his or her intended audience. You ask yourself what elements of the essay or...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Informative Speech Critique Sheet (Pdf)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This PDF is a critique form for evaluating informative speeches. SL.9-10.3 Eval Presentation. CCSS.ELA-LiteracySL.3, SL.9-10.3 Eval Presentation
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Figure of Speech

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Wikipedia provides a detailed definition of figure of speech, and then includes hyperlinks to different types of figures of speech.
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Presidential Rhetoric: George W. Bush: Energy Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
President George W. Bush discusses his energy policy, American's dependence on oil and alternative fuel in this April, 2006, speech.
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American Rhetoric: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn: Statement at the Smith Act Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the testimony of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, a member of the USA Communist Party, who spoke in her own defense at her trial for being a Communist on April 24 1952, in New York.
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American Rhetoric: Eleanor Roosevelt: Adopting the Declaration of Human Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
This is Eleanor Roosevelt's address to the United Nations on its adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights on December 9, 1948 in Paris, France; it is provided in a YouTube video, mp3 audio, and in text. [3:30]
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American Rhetoric: John Kerry: Statement at Senate Foreign Relations Committee1

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a video and transcript of John Kerry's testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the topic of the horrors committed by American soldiers in Vietnam and the resulting anger and suffering their participation in the war...