Bell Ringer Assignment

• CLIP #1: What "usual decision" has to be made when writing a State of the Union address? Of what method is Mary Kate Cary a "big fan?" Why?
• CLIP #1: Is the State of the Union address a "political speech?" What tradition did President Ronald Reagan start, and what impact has this had on the speech?
• CLIP #1: Who is the "audience" for the State of the Union address, and how does this impact the writing of the speech?
• CLIP #1: How does a speechwriter approach the "nuts and bolts" of writing the speech? Summarize the process, as described in the clip.
• CLIP #1: What are the three Greek "rhetoric devices," and what role do they play in the speech?
• CLIP #2: Why is Abraham Lincoln's 1862 address to Congress "highlighted?"
• CLIP #2: Summarize the two examples that Allison Prasch discusses of modern Presidents speeches during times of crisis and the tactics employed in each.
• CLIP #3: Whose State of the Union address was the first to be televised? Who brought the speeches into "prime time?"
• CLIP #3: According to Allison Prasch, what is important to consider when watching the State of the Union address?