Week 7: Rhetoric and Politics

Sed auctor mauris sed sapien ullamcorper tempor. Morbi suscipit gravida neque sed lobortis. Aliquam at neque iaculis, dictum est ut, dignissim odio. In sed maximus neque. Proin ut sem eu elit cursus convallis. Nulla vitae facilisis quam. Nulla sit amet metus ornare, vulputate leo tristique, ullamcorper est. Nam at libero sit amet risus facilisis pulvinar. Phasellus eu tristique eros, euismod mattis orci. Integer elementum volutpat justo eu ultricies. Morbi malesuada justo at purus placerat, ut porttitor odio sodales. Nulla consequat, ante ut bibendum varius, ex dui gravida justo, non hendrerit quam eros ut neque. Ut et posuere enim, ac tristique risus. Pellentesque vehicula tellus turpis, ut commodo eros consequat ut. Ut nec ligula non ex venenatis porttitor eu ut tortor.

Activities

• Find an example of someone delivering a political speech and take notes on the rhetorical methods you can identify. 
• Share the speech and your thoughts on it on Miro by Wednesday.
  
• Watch at least three of the speeches that your peers have shared and comment on them.
• Pick a political cause you care about and prepare a 3-minute speech. See the assignment section for more information.
• Just as you have done in previous weeks, record yourself delivering your speech. Upload your recording to Moodle by the end of the week.