1. Journal
You have been given the task of relaying sad news to someone—their beloved family pet has died.
Write a scene, letter or dialogue showing your use and understanding of kairos, audience and decorum.
Kairos: When will you tell the person? (What’s going on before/after you tell them?)
Audience: Who are you telling? What’s their age or other important details?
Decorum: What language will you use, or how will you phrase this news?

2. REVIEW

3. With this in mind… Rhetoric: When presenting rhetoric, consider:
Content
Form
When presenting rhetoric, consider:
Kairos
Audience
Decorum
(We will continue to delve deeper into these subjects as the year progresses!)

4. Classwork: We’re going to listen to excerpts from popular speeches!
As you listen to each excerpt, take note of things that stand out to you as an example of “good rhetoric”
Try and identify the speaker or the audience of the speech
When might this speech have been given?
Can you identify any examples of “decorum” in the speech just from listening to it?

5. #1Teddy Roosevelt “Duties of American Citizenship” January 26, 1883; Buffalo, New York to NY Assembly

6. #2 Lou Gehrig “Farewell to Baseball Address” July 4, 1939; Yankee Stadium

7. #3 Chief Joseph “Surrender Speech” October 5, 1877; Montana Territory

8. #4 “Speech of Alexander the Great” 326 B.C.; Hydaspes River, India

9. #5 William Wilberforce “Abolition Speech” May 12, 1789; House of Commons, London

10. #6 Ronald Reagan “Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate” June 12, 1987; Brandenburg Gate, Berlin

11. #7 Pericles, “Funeral Oration” 431 BC; Athens

12. #8 Patrick Henry “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
#8 Patrick Henry “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!” March 23, 1775; Richmond, VA

13. #9 Abraham Lincoln “The Gettysburg Address” November 19, 1863; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania