Good Morning 11th Graders! DO NOW: Write a note to a friend or family member trying to persuade them to do something. Write at least 5 sentences, and begin every sentence with “You must…”

Rhetorical Devices

A Rhetorical Device is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading him or her towards considering a topic from a different perspective. Below are some examples, however, there are countless more.

•Alliteration-Repetition using the beginning consonant sounds of two or more neighboring words.▫Example: Students stalk the somber streets of South.

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•Allusion-is a reference to a familiar person, place, or thing.▫Example: "And I can pledge our nation to a goal: When we see that wounded traveler on the road to Jericho, we will not pass to the other side." --George W. Bush, 2000 Inaugural Address

•Anecdote- a short story told to illustrate a point.▫Example: If you are giving a speech on stricter drunk driving laws, and you relate a story about a relative who was hit by a drunk driver.

•Hyperbole- an exaggeration for effect▫Example: There are a million reasons why you should recycle your plastic and paper products.

•Irony (verbal)- using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal meaning: sarcasm▫Example: Out of great respect for my arguing skills, party guests rarely come near me.

•Metaphor: figurative language; a comparison that does not use like or as.▫Example: My anxiety about being perfect was a backpack filled with rocks that I carried each day.

•Parallel Structure: the repetition of words or phrases in meaning and/or structure.▫Example: I came, I saw, I conquered

•Repetition: the uttering of the same word or phrase in order to create a sense of cadence, rhythm, and emphasis.▫Example: I have a dream that one day

this nation will rise up… •I have a dream that one day on the red

hills of Georgia…

•Rhetorical Questions: is a question posed to highlight a point, not for the purpose of eliciting a response.▫Example: What are you going to do about it?

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•Quotations: famous words that were spoken by someone in the past. These words are highlighted in order to lend understanding or credibility to a concept the speaker is trying to convey.

“Albert Einstein once said…”

Video Clip #1: Identify the Rhetorical Devices•http://

www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechali1.html

Ali: I ain't draft-dodgin.' I ain't burnin' no flag. And I ain't runnin' to Canada. I'm stayin' right here.

You wanna send me to jail? Fine, you go right ahead. I've been in jail for 400 years. I can be there for 4 or 5 more.

But I ain't goin' no 10,000 miles to help murder and kill other poor people. If I wanna die, I'll die right here, right now fightin' you -- if I wanna die.

You my enemy. Not no Chinese, no Viet Cong, no Japanese.

You my opposer -- when I want freedom. You my opposer -- when I want justice. You my opposer -- when I want equality. Want me to go to somewhere and I fight for you. You

won't even stand up for me right here in America for my rights and my religious beliefs. You won't even stand up for me right here at home.

Video Clip #2: Cher in Clueless

•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSvE5ul1Vrw&feature=related

 Mr. Hall: Should all oppressed people be allowed refuge in America?

Amber will take the con position. Cher will be pro. Cher: 2 minutes. Cher: So, OK, like right now, for example, the Haitians need to come to

America. But some people are all, "What about the strain on our resources?"

But it's like when I had this garden party for my father's birthday, right? I

said R.S.V.P. because it was a sit-down dinner. But people came that, like, did not R.S.V.P. So I was, like, totally buggin'. I had to haul ass to the kitchen, redistribute the food, squish in extra place settings; but by the end of the day it was, like, the more the merrier!

And so, if the government could just get to the kitchen, rearrange some

things, we could certainly party with the Haitians. And in conclusion, may I please remind you that it does not say R.S.V.P. on

the Statue of Liberty? Thank you very much.•  

Video Clip #3: Mad Men

•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suRDUFpsHus

Nostalgia - it's delicate, but potent. Teddy told me that in Greek, "nostalgia" literally means "the pain from an old wound." It's a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone. This device isn't a spaceship, it's a time machine. It goes backwards, and forwards... it takes us to a place where we ache to go again. It's not called the wheel, it's called the carousel. It let's us travel the way a child travels - around and around, and back home again, to a place where we know are loved.

Independent Work: Using Rhetorical devices in our own writing

• Write a short persuasive speech of at least 4-5 paragraphs.

• Your speech must include at least 5 of the 10 rhetorical devices.

• Some topics to get you started:▫Cell phone use in schools▫School uniforms in public/charter schools▫Animal Testing▫Fast food▫Smoking in Public places▫Should the legal driving age be 18?▫Assisted Suicide▫Gay marriage