Week 16: Goformative #3 "Our Solidarity Must Become a Verb"

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Analyzes rhetorical devices from Marc Lamont Hill's "Our Solidarity Must Become a Verb" while analyzing America's role in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict

Part 1: Due Thursday January 7th

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In his very frist opening paragraph (you could say introduction paragraph), name all of the things the speaker, Marc Lamont Hill, does

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In Hill's second paragraph, what does he remind his audience of?

1

Consider the three ways you can try to influence people. Which of the following do you think Hill is trying to do in his second paragraph?

3

Explain your answer choice for question 4. Your answer must contain specific language that applies to paragraph #2. In other words, if I could read your answer and it could apply to any article or paragraph, your answer and words are not specific enough.

1

Just to review, who is Marc Hill addressing in this speech?

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In this paragraph, Hill uses brutal diction in an attempt to cause his audience to feel the Palestinian struggle, particularly the events of May 1948. Find at least three words Hill uses that could be described as "brutal diction"

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Here, Hill uses facts (logos) to attempt to persuade his audience to feel for the Palestinians. What fact does he bring up? If you use the same exact words as the article, make sure to put quotation marks around those words in your answer

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Here, the author uses reptition of the word "violence" to persuade his audience. What affect or affects do you think Hill is trying to get from his audience here?

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Here, Hill again uses logic to demonstrate his argument to his audience. How is he using logic in this paragraph?

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Why does Hill point out the dates Israel signed and ratified the United Nation's convention on torture?

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Here, Hill uses the rhetorical device of examples to show logic in his argument. What examples does he uses here?

If you use the same exact words as the article, make sure to put quotation marks around those words in your answer

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Here, Hill uses the rhetorical device of statistics in order to convince his audience of his argument. What

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The purpose of this paragraph is to

Part 2: Due Thursday January 8th

1

Here, Hill again uses the rhetorical device of statistics to make an argument of logic to his audience. What statistics does he list in this paragraph (remember to put words that are not yours in quotes)

1

Here (in this specific paragraph), Hill uses passionate diction to explain his emotions. Write at least three words he uses that could be described as "passionate diction"

1

According to Hill, Why does he explain that Trump is "not an exception to American policy"?

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In this paragraph, Hill uses the rhetorical device of repetition of the word "words". Why is Hill repeating the word "words", or what affect does he want from his audience with his use of reptition?

3

What does Hill mean when he says "our solidarity must be more than a noun. Our solidarity must become a verb". Explain what you think he means using your knowledge of what a noun is versus a verb.

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What technique does Hill begin to use to demonstrate that the United Nations needs to accept Palestinian's right to defend itself and not call that violence.

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Consider your answer for question 19. What affect does their use of the rhetorical device you chose have on this audience, the United Nations members.

5

The main country helping Israel and in turn hurting Palestinians is the United States. Perhaps Hill hopes his speech will reach the people of the United States since we have the power to vote for people in power. How might his use of analogy in this paragraph be trying to reach the hearts of Americans?

Minimum 3 sentences (worth 5 points)

3

Based on these last paragraphs. What is the goal or purpose of this speech. In other words, what action does he want to see continue to take place to help "free Palestine"?

1

Review all of the questions and find all of the rhetorical devices this author uses to push their argument and persuade their audience in this speech. There are at five. One hint, imagery is not one of them.

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If you were to write a paragraph explaining the author's use of a rhetorical device to persuade his audience of the United Nations, which quote would you be able to write the most about? In other words, which quote containing one of these rhetocial devices would you have to really explain and break down to you're reader in multiple steps that would give you the longest, hence most complex, paragraph?

Remember to put your quote in quotation marks. Worth 5 points.