Name: _____________________________ Block:

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Argument & Debate Mastery Work #1: Rhetoric in Julius Caesar

For your first Mastery Work assignment you will be analyzing how different
characters in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar support their claims through using
rhetorical techniques (logos, pathos and ethos). You will create a small portfolio of the
work you have done examining the different speeches which will include:

Analytical Paragraph for Cassius' speech to Brutus (20 pts)

Analytical Paragraph for Brutus' soliloquy (20 pts)
A 2-3 page synthesis paper that answers the question: Who delivered the more
rhetorically effective speech, Mark Antony or Marcus Brutus? (60 pts)

All work for your Mastery assignment must be:

Typed, Size 12, Times New Roman font

Include a heading with your name, date, block, and teacher's name

DUE DATE: March 24, 2017

RUBRIC
4 3 2 1
Analytical - Develops - Analysis - Analyses of - Little to no
Paragraph analysis with developed with strategies are success in
#1: evidence and evidence and inaccurate. analyzing how
Cassius to explanation that explanations that - Inadequately author uses
Brutus are appropriate are appropriate analyze how rhetorical
and convincing. and sufficient. author uses strategies.
- Clear - Adequately rhetorical - Misread the
understanding of organize how strategies. passage,
rhetorical author uses - Explanations misunderstood
techniques. rhetorical may be the prompt
- Sophisticated strategies. inappropriate, and/or failed to
distinction - Clear distinction insufficient or analyze
between what the between what the unconvincing. strategies.
text is saying vs. text is saying vs. - Lack of control.
what it is doing. what it is doing. - Grammatical
problems.
Analytical - Develops - Analysis - Analyses of - Little to no
Paragraph analysis with developed with strategies are success in
#2: evidence and evidence and inaccurate. analyzing how
Brutus' explanation that explanations that - Inadequately author uses
Soliloquy are appropriate are appropriate analyze how rhetorical
and convincing. and sufficient. author uses strategies.
- Clear - Adequately rhetorical - Misread the
 understanding of organize how strategies. passage,
rhetorical author uses - Explanations misunderstood
techniques. rhetorical may be the prompt
- Sophisticated strategies. inappropriate, and/or failed to
distinction - Clear distinction insufficient or analyze
between what the between what the unconvincing. strategies.
text is saying vs. text is saying vs. - Lack of control.
what it is doing. what it is doing. - Grammatical
problems.
RUBRIC SCORE: _________ Score out of 40:
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Synthesis 4 3 2 1
Paper
Intro & -Intro provides -Intro provides -Intro provides -Intro does not
Thesis context for the insufficient little context for provide context
rest of the paper. context for the the paper. for the paper;
-Thesis is explicit rest of the paper. -Thesis is implicit -Thesis is
and clear. -Thesis is lacking and/or hard to undetectable
in clarity. find. and/or
confusing/unclear
Body -Source text is -Source text -Incomplete or - Poor and/or no
Paragraphs thoroughly and contextualized confusing contextualization
& effectively well. contextualization of evidence.
Analysis of contextualized. - Analysis is of evidence. - Analysis of
-Well supported supported, but - Analysis source text not
rhetoric
analysis of lacks incomplete and/or supported by
rhetorical appeals sophisticated confusing. examples and/or
(ethos, pathos, and/or could be - Little support is missing/incoheren
logos). improved. provided t.
Organization - Smooth flow of - Flow of ideas - Ideas do not - Sequence of
ideas ordered in a could be more always flow in a ideas and
logical sequence effectively logical, cohesive paragraphs
that effectively sequenced. manner; seems aimless
guides the reader. - Most paragraphs paragraphs do and haphazard.
-Each paragraph have clear and not have clear
has a well- supported main and supported
supported, clearly point. main idea.
stated main point.
Conclusion -Conclusion - Conclusion fails - Conclusion - Conclusion
restates but does to restate thesis makes insufficient seems unrelated
not repeat thesis. effectively. reference to to the rest of the
-Sums up main -Sums up main thesis or simply paper.
points points. repeats thesis. - Conclusion is too
- Provides - Leaves - No sense of brief.
cohesion to whole somewhat of a cohesion or final
paper. final impression. impression.
Language - Superior editing - Good editing - Careless editing - No editing with
 use & with limited errors with few errors in with several many errors
Mechanics (spelling, spelling, errors per throughout in
grammar, word grammar, word paragraph in spelling,
order, word order, word spelling, grammar, word
usage, sentence usage, sentence grammar, word order, word
structure, and structure, and order, word usage, sentence
punctuation) punctuation; very usage, sentence structure, and
- Good use of few problems with structure, and punctuation;
academic English. using academic punctuation; informal or
English. informal language inappropriate
used in multiple language.
instances.

RUBRIC SCORE: _________ Score out of 60:

______________________

TOTAL: _______________

THIS PAPER MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH YOUR FINAL DRAFT,

STAPLED TO THE BACK.