Assess learners' ability to identify and apply rhetorical strategies (ethos, pathos, logos, arrangement, style, and devices such as analogy, repetition, and rhetorical questions) to analyze persuasive speeches and essays and to construct coherent, audience-tailored arguments using evidence, appeals, and effective organization; include tasks to analyze excerpts for purpose and audience, justify strategy choices, and produce a brief persuasive paragraph or outline employing at least two strategies.