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Activity (5-10minutes)

Activity (5-10minutes). Write : Imagine you’re writing an informative speech on “your favorite TV show”. 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)

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Activity (5-10minutes)

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  1. Activity (5-10minutes) • Write: Imagine you’re writing an informative speech on “your favorite TV show”. 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)

  2. Week of SEPT 30th, 2013 • Monday • Rhetorical Devices PPT • Tuesday • Finish Rhetorical Devices PPT • Introduce This I believe Speech and examples • Wednesday • This I believe – Speech – Work day • Thursday – • Rhetorical Devices quiz • This I believe - Speeches • Friday – Introduce Demonstration Speeches

  3. 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

  4. Antithesis Contrast of ideas “My only love sprung from my only hate.” – Romeo and Juliet

  5. 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!”

  6. Student Examples • Parallelism – We can always give, a lot, even more, or a bunch. / The first, the last, the eternal. / The alpha, the omega, the beginning, the end. “I was raised on potatoes, spuds, roots.” SING ALONG!!!! • Antithesis – Life is enjoyable until you’re in the passenger seat. / This is the oldest I’ve ever been and the youngest, I’ll ever be. / Dying is easy, it’s living that’s hard…  • If you claim to be alive, you’ve got to start living. • Rhetorical question –If homework is work, why aren’t we getting paid? • Who do you pray to when you’re dead? • If you can’t sleep at school, why should you do work at home?

  7. 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 – • If using swear words is childish, how come it’s called adult language? • We all die, but do we all live? • If the sky is the limit, why are the footprints on the moon?

  8. 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 This is an ironic statement because, you know, …uhm… cheating on your wife.

  9. Repetition • Repeat a sound, word, phrase, or idea. • “If you’re ready come a And get it –nah,nah… Nah, nah…” • “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.” - Selenerzzz

  10. 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!”

  11. Example time! • Parenthesis – “Never have I ever eaten a sandwich, I mean eaten a hotdog.” • Repetition – Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, hey, hey, hey! As long as you…. Laaaa000o0ovvvee. Mah’ • Alliteration - Sally sank in sand slowly. • Christopher cut cupcake candy • Stupid Susie sat in sticky soda, stupidly. • Assonance – Cinderella’ dressed in yella’ went to the ball to kiss a fella’. • Dance, romance, chance STUDENT EXAMPLES

  12. Pop Quiz! • Look through your notes… • Which of the seven rhetorical devices so far is this text referring to?

  13. QUESTIONS

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