A continued exploration of Obama's letter to her younger self
A continued exploration of Obama's letter to her younger self
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will consider how Michelle Obama uses rhetoric to give her younger self advice at times when she needed it the most. We will explore how rhetoric has been used to create a reassuring, personal tone by Obama, in a way that we have never seen rhetoric used before.
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5 Questions
Q1.
Rhetoric can be used to encourage:
advice
better things
rules
Q2.
Michelle Obama experiences a transformation as she:
learns from her experiences
learns nothing from her experiences
makes predictions for the future
Q3.
We might directly address ourselves when writing (select two answers):
a new article
a speech
Q4.
Michelle Obama writes a letter to herself to give:
apologies
demands
excuses
Q5.
An example of anaphora would be:
Think and then act.
You are always the first one, and the last one.
You either help, or miss out.
6 Questions
Q1.
Transformation means:
a lack of change
a little more change
a small change
Q2.
To put events in chronological order means to:
Put them in order of importance
Put them in the order starting with most recent
Put them in the order they matter to the individual
Q3.
'Just when you think you’ve done it, the four of you will be shot out of a cannon into the unknown.' This phrase uses a:
anaphora
rhetorical question
simile
Q4.
Michelle Obama uses emotive language to show that each event was:
similar
simple
superfluous
Q5.
Rhetoric is used to give advice through the use of:
incidents
indicatives
initiatives
Q6.
Michelle Obama gives herself this advice to show herself:
what she has forgotten
what she should do
what she should say