Rhetorical Analysis Greta Thunberg Speeches Essay Organizer + Slides + AP Lang

Greta Thunberg offers rich analysis in understatement, sarcasm, irony, litotes, and parallelism. I've included 2 speeches that pair nicely: "The House is on Fire" and "The House is Still on Fire."

This material is visual, colorful, and includes lots of stems for rhetorical analysis writing.

What's included:

• 42-slides / lesson on parallelism and the overall structure of the Rhetorical Analysis essay
• 28-slides / lesson specific to rhetorical devices within Thunberg's speeches: understatement, sarcasm, irony, litotes.
• A detailed/scaffolded essay writing graphic organizer that guides students in developing thorough analysis and commentary with specific rhetorical analysis questions to get students to see the connection between writing choice (What / How / Why) it connects to the writer/speaker's message and produces a "so what" (Impact). The table organizer contains cues to get students to connect rhetorical choice to device to message and impact.
• 2 of Thunberg's speeches (House on Fire/ House Still on Fire) with guided close reading rounds and full speech texts.
• Link to all rhetorical analysis videos on my YouTube channel
• A handout reference sheet with the rhetorical devices of focus: understatement, sarcasm, irony, litotes.
• A digital interactive notebook version providing a visual engagement / annotation of the speech with links to "tone wheel" and "analysis stems"

All editable; digital or printed.

My students have had great outcomes using the guided writing organizer as a first step to the rhetorical analysis essay. Some of my students have used this material in college when writing essays. After a few times with the guide, students begin to see the connections required of this essay. This is an engaging speech and definitely draws students in. Two other resources that I find helpful are AP Lang Rhetorical Analysis Essay Reflection Tool and Rhetorical Device BIG Slide Deck.

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