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Watch this video by AP teacher Timm Freitas about breaking down the AP rhetorical analysis prompt. After watching, you may want to revise what you have written for the description of your four paragraphs to add more information.
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Watch Beth Hall explain the details of the rhetorical analysis task using the Reagan liberty speech prompt.

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Watch this video from the Jamestown University Writing Center. It explains the rhetorical situation from the point of view of the writer instead of the reader and may help you understand rhetorical choices.

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Watch Obama deliver the entirety of his speech to Morehouse graduates. (The portion of the speech presented here starts at 6:10 in the recording.) After watching, you may want to make additional annotations to the excerpts above.

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While Reagan focused on newcomers to America, this 1923 speech by Ruth Muskrat Bronson to President Calvin Coolidge presents the perspective of Native Americans. Read it and identify its parts and line of reasoning.

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Use these Quizlet flashcards to help you review the variety of rhetorical choices and devices writers and speakers tend to choose. After working your way through the deck, review you list of choices and devices in Obama’s speech and make any additions you might have noticed.