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- The Gettysburg Address (Bliss Copy)
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It's time to think deep and narrow. Scholars focus close reading on one short text but task take their thinking to a deep level. Readers use a Rhetorical Analysis Chart to analyze The Gettysburg Address and determine how Lincoln used rhetorical devices to persuade his audience. They support their thinking with textual evidence, and then work in pairs and groups to answer text-dependent questions to determine the central idea of the text before finalizing their thoughts in formal essays.
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- Combine with history standards and history lessons to discuss events leading up to the speech
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- Serves as an introduction to a longer module
- Requires knowledge of rhetorical devices prior to completion
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