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a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other. Ex: Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins. Speech is silver, but silence is gold.
30 Rhetorical Devices — And How to Use Them. Rhetorical devices (also known as stylistic devices, persuasive devices, or simply rhetoric) are techniques or language used to convey a point or convince an audience. And they're used by everyone: politicians, businesspeople, even your favorite novelists. You may already know some of these devices ...
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Lesson Activity Six: Rhetorical Devices in Speeches Have students look at the selection of “I Have a Dream” on their Rhetorical Devices note sheet. Have them see how many rhetorical elements they can find. Give students about five minutes to find as many as they can. After the five minutes, use a random calling strategy to call on students.
An extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument. novel or story whose theme is the moral or psychological growth of the main character. satirical imitation of a work of art for purpose of ridiculing its style or subject. Delayed sentence A sentence that withholds its main idea until the end.
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Symbol—something that stands for another thing; frequently an object used to represent and abstraction. E.g., the dove is a symbol of peace. Synaesthesia—[Sy-naes-the-sia] a blending or confusion of different kinds of sense-impression, in which one type of sensation is referred to in terms more appropriate to another.
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Students will be able to recognize the use of ethos, logos, and pathos in written and oral form Students will demonstrate an ability to apply rhetorical devices in speech-level contexts by creating “commandments” that are rooted in different elements of rhetoric Students will understand the importance of finding balance in the use of ethos, logos, ...
Formative: Students will write a persuasive text as a group that demonstrates either ethos, logos, or pathos (rhetorical elements will be assigned to each group, and prompt will be given to the class as a whole) Formative: I will circulate the room and work with each group to ensure that they understand the activity and that they are on-track Forma...
Students will analyze lists of rhetorical devices, looking for ethos, logos, and pathos throughout Students will form lists of the elements they feel are necessary for strong, persuasive communication skills Students will analyze a persuasive speech, looking for rhetorical devices such as ethos, logos, pathos, and for signs of engaging, persuasive ...
Formative: students will create amendments to the “TED Commandments”: at least 5 elements of speech they would add/subtract from the TED commandments. They will be required to use ethos, logos, and pathos in their amendments. Formative: I will circulate the room and work with each group to ensure that they understand the activity and that they are ...
Students will share the examples of ethos, logos, and pathos that they found for homework the previous night in their “pods”. After sharing in small groups, I’ll ask for a few examples to share with the group. (5 minutes) I’ll bridge into today’s lesson by explaining that though ethos, logos, and pathos may seem like broad categories, they can be b...
Thou shalt not simply trot out thy usual shtick. Thou shalt dream a great dream, or show forth a wondrous new thing, or share something thou hast never shared before. Thou shalt reveal thy curiosity and thy passion. Thou shalt tell a story. Thou shalt freely comment on the utterances of other speakers for the sake of blessed connection and exquis...
Students will be able to analyze a text for rhetorical devices such as ethos, logos, and pathos, and will infer the intended audience of that text. Students will understand that it is important to consider audience when planning for communication, and will understand that the use of rhetorical devices such as ethos, logos, and pathos is extremely d...
Formative: students will share their group’s cereal box textual analysis, displaying their understanding of ethos, logos, pathos, their understanding of audience, and at least some understanding of how the two elements interact. Formative: I will circulate the room and work with each group to ensure that they understand the activity and that they a...
Students will start by free-writing about the following prompt: “what are the characteristics of the audience of yesterday’s TED talk?” We’ll briefly review the video from yesterday and TED conferences, and they’ll brainstorm about what types of audience members might attend a TED talk. (5 minutes) Students will share in small groups the characteri...
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Oct 4, 2013 · Repetition and Parallelism Repetition and parallelism are rhetorical devices in which repeated words and patterns provide rhythm, enhance ideas, and organize complex passages. • In the following example, notice the parallel grammatical form (noun+ action verb) plus the repetition of the one word, change, create strong rhythms when the text is ...
