Problématique: How are debates and speeches a form of art ?

Theme : Art and Debate

The art of Speech

Read the scenes and answer the questions on the next page

I - Debating : when talking is winning

c. Focys on the rhymes and alliterations and count the feet (syllables) in each line. What effect is conveyed

b. Analyze the effects produced on the reader by the figures of speech (metaphors...)

a. Pick out elements that show the conversations are confrontational ( repetitions, negative words)

• Separate the strategies in a two-column chart (before the debate / during the debate)
• List the tips given to weaken your opponent
• Choose three tips and write in your words why they are the best.

Title 2

II - The art of rhetoric