Year 8

Rhetoric and injustice: Pankhurst's use of rhetoric and structure

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Year 8

Rhetoric and injustice: Pankhurst's use of rhetoric and structure

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. in this lesson, we will study Pankhurst's use of structure to put across a convincing, confident argument. We will use her as inspiration for our own powerful, Pankhurst-esque speeches around gender injustice.

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6 Questions

Q1.
Truth suffered injustice because:
She spoke about injustice
She was born in the 1800s
Correct answer: She was enslaved during her life
Correct answer: She was female
Q2.
Suffragettes and Suffragists campaigned for women's right to:
exercise
speak
Correct answer: vote
work
Q3.
A key leader of the Suffragettes movement was (select two answers):
Correct answer: Christabel Pankhurst
Correct answer: Emmeline Pankhurst
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Q4.
The suffragettes took a violent approach to protest, by (select three answers):
Correct answer: Breaking windows
Correct answer: Handcuffing themselves to railings
Correct answer: Hunger strikes
Kidnapping members of parliament
Starting fires
Q5.
What was the suffragettes' motto?
Correct answer: Deeds not words
Please and thank you
Words not deeds
Words not speech
Q6.
The rhetorical language Pankhurst used was:
feminine
magical
masculine
Correct answer: military

6 Questions

Q1.
Suffragettes and Suffragists campaigned for the women's right to:
exercise
speak
Correct answer: vote
work
Q2.
Women were seen as only capable of:
Decision-making duties
Correct answer: Domestic duties
War duties
Working duties
Q3.
The Suffragettes raised awareness of:
Crimes suffered by women
Diseases suffered by women
Correct answer: Injustices suffered by women
Language suffered by women
Q4.
What was the suffragettes' motto?
Correct answer: Deeds not words
Please and thank you
Words not deeds
Words not speech
Q5.
Pankhurst encourages pathos from the audience by comparing herself to a:
Lion
Man
Correct answer: Soldier
Voter
Q6.
Pankhurst's use of dialysis includes:
A comparison
A few options
Correct answer: A warning
Less options