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Unit 5
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U,S,S,
R.
by Winston S,Churchill
Teaching Points
? I,Background information
? II,Introduction to the passage
? III,Text analysis
? IV,Rhetorical devices
? V,Questions for discussion
I,Background Information
? 1.Winston Churchill
? 2.World War Two
? 3,Hitler
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 1,Type of literature,
? -- a piece of argumentation
Introduction to the Passage
? 2,The purpose of a piece of
argumentation,
? -- to persuade,that is,to defend what
is true and to attack what is false by the
use of reason
Introduction to the Passage
? 3,Ways of developing a piece of
argumentation,
? -- by deduction
? -- by induction
Introduction to the Passage
? 4,The thesis
III, Effective Writing Skills
? 1,using a lot of repetitions and parallel
structures to achieve emphasis
? 2,using periodic sentences,rhetorical
questions,and inverted sentences to
make his speech vivid and forceful,
IV, Rhetorical Devices
? 1,alliteration
? 2,metaphor
V,Text Analysis
VI, Special Difficulties
? 1,paraphrasing some sentences
? 2,identifying figures of speech
VII, Questions for Discussion
? 1.When and how did the Germans
attack the Soviet Union?
? 2.What was Churchill’s reaction to the
news of Hitler’s invasion of Russia?
? 3,What policy did Churchill declare
Britain would pursue?
? 4,What,according to Churchill,was
Hitler’s motive in invading Russia?
VIII,Exercises
? P.