Thursday, March 25, 2010

Persuasive Speeches!


  • Listen to 6-7 speeches.
  • Evaluate any three speeches.


Ambrose Bierce, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (490-6)
  • Finish reading the selection and answer the following questions:
  1. Find at least three clues in Part III that would have told you the events weren't really happening.
  2. Bierce's main goal is to focus on the psychology of a person in a life-or-death situation. What does he tell the reader about the mental state of such a person?
  • (With a partner) You are directing a movie version of this story.
  • Create a poster on construction paper advertising your film. Your poster should include:
  1. a title (make it interesting).
  2. an image (cannot give away the unexpected ending).
  3. A one-sentence catchy tag-line advertising the film.

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