Rhetoric Through Cinema Bundle – Engaging SOAPSTone, Appeals, & Devices Analysis

Item description

This bundle includes customized rhetorical analysis worksheets and answer keys for 13 different cinematic movie speeches. Most of the time, rhetoric units can become boring and irrelevant for students, who beg to have real-world application for certain analysis skills. With this bundle, your students will understand just how much rhetoric (ethos, pathos, logos, and various rhetorical devices) invades the world around them.

Materials Included:

~ 7 movie speeches that focus on Rhetorical Appeals (Ethos, Pathos, & Logos):

1. Coach Boone’s Speech from Remember the Titans

2. Coach Lengyel’s Speech from We Are Marshall (some minor language, edited on worksheet)

3. The U.S President’s Speech from Armageddon

4. William Wallace’s Speech from Braveheart

5. Dumbledore’s Speech from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

6. President Snow’s Speech from Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

7. Diana’s Last Monologue from Wonder Woman

~ 7 movie speeches that focus on 25 different Rhetorical Devices:

1. The U.S President’s Speech from Armageddon

2. Ian Malcolm’s monologue from Jurassic Park

3. Bane’s monologue from The Dark Night Rises

4. The President’s speech from Independence Day

5. Queen Gorgo’s speech from 300

6. Walt Disney’s monologue from Saving Mr. Banks

7. Harry Potter’s monologue from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

~ Each movie speech/monologue includes TWO worksheets, which include:

• A brief summary of the movie

• An image from the speech scene in the movie

• A Link to watch the movie clip (please copy and paste the links)

• A reprinted copy of the speech (full-text)

• An annotation guide for rhetorical analysis

• A SOAPSTONE analysis chart

• Analyzing Rhetoric Questions (specific analysis questions tailored for each speech)

~ ANSWER KEYS INCLUDED!

Foster engagement and promote relevancy by teaching students how to rhetorically analyze their pop-cultural worlds. Undoubtedly, they will emerge as enlightened individuals, prepared with the knowledge and the enthusiasm to rhetorically analyze any speech thrown their way!