Speech analysis practice: Greta Thunberg

Last updated: 15/11/2023
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Key stage
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English
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Complete lesson
Student activity
Worksheet

KS3 students read a speech by Greta Thunberg on climate action and change, and use a helpful acronym (DAFOREST) to identify key rhetorical and persuasive techniques in the speech, as well as her use of pathos.

This worksheet also includes biographical information about Greta Thunberg with a useful set of quick reading comprehension questions (with answers for self or peer marking) to check students' understanding. 

Persuasive features in the speech: 

Direct dadress

Alliteration/ Anecdote

Facts

Opinion

Repetition/ Rhetorical question

Emotive Language

Statistics

Triplet (rule of three)

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