Keystone Heights Junior/senior High

• ENGLISH 2

• Staking Your Claim Assessment Step 1: Ensure you have a full understanding of the topic of your paper and choose a side of the argument for your claim. Prompt: After analyzing Abraham Lincoln's "House Divided" and Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death", determine and defend which speech is more effective due to the use of figurative language, rhetorical appeals and rhetorical devices. Provide textual evidence from both speeches to strengthen your argument. Step 2: Read both speeches thoroughly to gain an understanding of how both Lincoln and Henry employed various appeals and devices. It is strongly recommended that you annotate each speech so you can see them side by side. Step 3: Write an introduction paragraph that includes a hook, bridging statement, and claim below. Freedom is good, slavery is bad, death happens. Both “Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death”and “A House Divided” use rhetorical appeals, rhetorical devices, and figurative language. These speeches were given approximately eighty years apart by Patrick Henry and Abraham Lincoln. Henry’s speech is more effective due to his use of figurative language Step 4: Outline the body paragraphs and conclusion of your essay. Body Paragraph: I. Strongest Reason A. Evidence I. Henry’s speech is more effective than Lincoln’s because he uses a stronger emotional appeal.