SUBJECT
OCCASION/AUDIENCE
PURPOSE
SPEAKER
RHETORICAL STRATEGIES
100

The subject of "I Have a Dream"

What is civil rights and racial equality for black Americans?

100

This is the event where I Have a Dream was delivered in 1963.

What is the March for Jobs and Freedom? 

100

The purpose of Dr. King's speech.

What is to end segregation in the United States?

100

This speaker's brother was the President of the United States

Who is RFK?

100

A question asked for effect, not to get an answer.

What is a rhetorical question?

200

This speech addresses the death of a civil rights leader and its effect on the nation.

What is RFK’s remarks on the assassination of Dr. King?

200

This was the audience RFK spoke to when he announced Dr. King’s death.

Who were people attending a campaign rally in Indianapolis?

200

The purpose of RFK's speech

What is peace, non-violence?

200

This speaker was a Christian Baptist minister

Who is MLK?

200

Using similar sentence structures to emphasize an idea.

What is parallelism?

300

This speech focuses on justice, dignity, and nonviolent struggle for workers.

What is Cesar Chavez’s speech on the lessons of Dr. King?

300

This group is the primary audience for Cesar Chavez’s speech.

Who are farm workers and activists?

300

The purpose of Cesar Chavez's speech

What is to ban all pesticides? What is to boycott grapes?

300

This speaker's main focus was worker's rights

Who is Cesar Chavez?

300

Definition of a metaphor

What is a direct comparison between two unlike things? (not using like or as)

400

All three speeches share this main idea despite different events. 

What is non-violence?

400

This unexpected event caused RFK to abandon his prepared speech.

What is the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?

400

An organization formed by workers in a particular industry advocating for rights and welfare in the workplace.

What is a labor union?

400

This speaker wrote a telegram to Cesar Chavez, expressing his support for his cause

Who is MLK?

400

A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.

What is irony?

500

This famous civil rights leader specifically influenced MLK and Cesar Chavez.

Who is Mahatma Gandhi?

500

The name of Cesar Chavez's most famous labor action

What is the Delano Grape Strike of 1965?

500

A refusal to buy, use, or support something as a way to protest or demand change.

What is a boycott?

500

This speaker joined Cesar Chavez on the picket line, and joined him when he broke his hunger fast.

Who is RFK?

500

Definitions of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

What are credibility, emotions, and logic?

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