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Chapter 1 Writing Option #2 ** Persuasive speeches of Thomas Pain, Patrick Henry, and George Bush **  ** [|Speech here] **
 * Directions **: On the handout highlight or underline: sentence structure, word choice, and literary language… brainstorm what would make it persuasive? Then look at either Thomas Pain or Patrick Henry and how their speeches are persuasive. Then read President George Bush's speech announcing the war in Iraq. (This speech is located in Ms. Tombre's room or as a PDF here) How is this speech persuasive?

THEN write a 2-3 page paper comparing/and or contrasting **two** speeches and how persuasive (or non-persuasive) the two speeches are and why.(Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, or George Bush) Look at the sentence structure, word choice, and figurative language…also look at the use of emotion and logic/facts. OR you can look at this in the opposite way…who has the least effective war declaration and why? Again look at word choice, sentence structure, and figurative language.

What you will be graded on:


 * 1) ** Content: **(40 points)
 * 2) Sentence structure of the essays chosen (specific examples from the speeches should be cited)
 * 3) Word choice (specific examples from the speeches should be cited)
 * 4) Figurative language (Specific examples from the speeches should be cited)
 * 5) A compare or contrast of two speeches…


 * 1) ** Thesis statement: ** (10 points) You need to have a well written thesis statement that follows the formula that I have given you in class.
 * 2) ** Two focal areas of your choice. ** (30 points…15 points for each focal area) These will include grammar, mechanics, word choice etc.
 * 3) Sentence structure (no fragments or run-on sentences)
 * 4) Subject-verb agreement (all your subjects must agree with all your verbs!!)
 * 5) “Be” verbs…limit of 5 “be” verbs per page! (see me for a list!)
 * 6) Word choice…this can include incorporation of actions words and vocabulary words into the paper.
 * 7) General mechanics such as commas, semi-colons, capitalization etc.
 * 8) Sentence types…varying sentence types from simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex.


 * 1) ** MLA format **: (20 points) This includes works cited page, in-text citations, headings etc…