The Gettysburg Address Rhetorical Analysis Activity Packet

Engage your students with a rhetorical analysis unit analyzing The Gettysburg Address. This Gettysburg rhetorical analysis unit includes a variety of activities for analyzing Lincoln’s rhetoric, and it also has a written rhetorical precis activity as well.

This Gettysburg Rhetorical Analysis Unit includes:

• A teacher introduction page
• Annotation Guide
• Rhetorical Device Chart
• Full-text speech
• Six different activities with writing prompts (metaphor, appeals, devices)
• Two writing rubrics
• Color-coded teacher annotation key
• Color-coded teacher rhetorical device key
• UPDATED May 2022: a FULL teacher answer key!

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