Language Arts Department 1. Carefully read all five of the following essays. It is recommended that you read each one at least twice. It is expected that you will be very familiar with the content of these essays on the first day of the school year. Click on a link to read an essay. All files are Adobe Acrobat .pdf files The American Crisis 2. In addition, carefully read five speeches from the following site. Find five quotes (one from each speech) that you particularly like. Be prepared to discuss both the speeches and the quotes. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html 3. Finally, review the rhetorical vocabulary on the following site: http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.html
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