Week 21 Speech Forum

The Cicero-style Speech should be about 5 minutes long. If you have any questions, please post them in the comments section below!

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Weeks 20 & 21 Homework

Week 20

Watch: “Hannibal: The Rise and Fall” 

See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VPkHytuyKQ

Week 21

Online: Read “Cicero” (Sections 1-6)                                                                                                 

See: http://www.iep.utm.edu/cicero/

Online: Watch “Murder in Rome” (50 minutes)

See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZxo3lGnT7I

Online: Read “Oration for Sextus Roscius of Ameria”

See: http://www.uah.edu/student_life/organizations/SAL/texts/latin/classical/cicero/proamerino1e.html

Online : Read “Cicero’s Rhetoric”

See: http://www.angelfire.com/art/archictecture/rhetoric.htm

Prepare: Write and give a Ciceronian speech, that:

A.     Uses at least 10 methods taken from the “Cicero’s Rhetoric” website. (Indicate the method used by placing the term-name in parentheses after the usage.)

B.     Is on a contemporary issue that you feel strongly about.

C.     Follows the guidelines in the Coursepack. (see Guidelines)

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