Activity (5 minutes) Write : Your speech topic is the Barack Obama Write an…. Attention getter (1 of 8 types), Thesis statement (C+B+R) Preview statement (Make up 3 main points) Review statement (Same 3 points as Preview) Memorable last line (1 of 3 types)
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Activity (5 minutes)Write:
Your speech topic is the Barack Obama
Write an…. Attention getter (1 of 8 types), Thesis statement (C+B+R) Preview statement (Make up 3 main points) Review statement (Same 3 points as Preview) Memorable last line (1 of 3 types)
Mr. SandersOral Communication7:45am – 10:15am
Stylistic Devices (part 1)
ParallelismArranging sentences so that words and
phrases echo each other in length and structure.
County Market = “We value fresh, we value family, we value you.”
“In these four years we have been touched by tragedy, exhilarated by challenge, strengthened by achievement.” – Bill Clinton
Antithesis
Contrast of ideas
“My only love sprung from my only hate.” – Romeo and Juliet
Rhetorical QuestionsAsking a question to make a point, but NOT
expecting an answer.
Good – “If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice?”
Good – “How many roads must a manwalk down before you call him a man?”
Bad – “Have you ever thought about dogs?Well, I have and today that’s my topic!”
Student examples
Student examples
Parallelism –Forever I do, forever I love youThe Few, the proud, the marines
Antithesis –You make me cry, you make me smile, I hate you, I love youIt hurts so bad, but it felt so good.To be or not to be / Unnecessary necessities
Rhetorical question – How much wood could a wood…We all die, but do we all live?If the sky is the limit, why are the footprints on the moon?
Parenthesis (Interrupting for Emphasis) – to emphasize or
clarify the point speakers are attempting to make
“We cannot, we will not, succumb to the dark impulses that lurk in the far regions of the soul everywhere.” – Bill Clinton
RepetitionRepeat a sound, word, phrase, or idea.
“I have a dream!”-Dr. King
“I love you like a love song baby, and I just keep on hitting, re-Peat,peat, peat,peat,Peat.”
AlliterationRepetition of
consonant sounds
Ex: Billy Bob bought baked bread
AssonanceRepetition of the
same vowel sound
Ex: My prized possession I hold to the highest standard. It ignites the spark of possibilities in your eyes.
“It’s goodmood food!”
Example time!Parenthesis –
Repetition -
Alliteration –
Assonance -
STUDENT EXAMPLES
Pop Quiz!
Look through your notes…
Which of the seven rhetorical devices so far is this text referring to?