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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). Stylistic Devices (part 1).
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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)
Stylistic Devices (part 1) Mr. Sanders Oral Communication 7:45am – 10:15am
Parallelism • Arranging 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 Questions • Asking 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 man walk 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 • Parallelism – • Forever I do, forever I love you • The Few, the proud, the marines • Antithesis – • You make me cry, you make me smile, I hate you, I love you • It 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
Repetition • Repeat 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.”
Alliteration • Repetition of consonant sounds • Ex: Billy Bob bought baked bread • Assonance • Repetition 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 good mood 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?