L.A. 3 – 11th
Age of Reason
10-28 to
11-1-12
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Ben Franklin
1. Age of Reason
Notes
2. Read background
p.138
3. Read Poor Richard
p. 146
4. Aphorism-Define
5. Aphorism List
p. 147-148

What is the truth about life expressed in each aphorism.

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Patrick Henry

Speech in the Virginia Convention
Handout
& it’s in the text-
book p. 187-190
1. Read background
p. 184
2. How well does the
diction support
the author’s
purpose?
3. Find persuasive
techniques used in
this speech.
For example:
·  restatement
·  repetition
·  parallelism
·  rhetorical question
4. Evaluate the
persuasive appeals that the speaker makes, using the chart on p. 185

5. Annotate Henry’s

speech with your

thoughts.

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Patrick Henry

Speech in the Virginia Convention
Handout
& it’s in the textbook
p.187-190
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Age of Reason Quiz
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Benjamin Franklin
Speech in the Convention
Handout & in textbook
p.191-192
Literary Element: Diction = the choice & arrangement of words p. 185
1. What are the American
principles both speeches
express (Henry & Franklin)?
2. Compare the speeches’
diction.
3. How well does the diction
support the author’s purpose?
4. Find persuasive techniques
in Franklin’s speech: Example
·  restatement
·  repetition
·  parallelism
·  rhetorical question
5. Evaluate the persuasive
appeals that the speaker makes, using the chart on
p. 185. / Franklin Speech
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Speech in the Convention
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