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)
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
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 –We can always give, a lot, even more, or a
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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
 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?
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.
 “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, rePeat,peat, peat,peat,
Peat.” - Selenerzzz
 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 – “Never have I
 Alliteration - Sally sank in
ever eaten a sandwich, I
mean eaten a hotdog.”
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
 Repetition – Nah, nah,
nah, nah, nah, hey, hey,
hey!
As long as you….
Laaaa000o0ovvvee. Mah’
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Pop Quiz!
 Look through your notes…
 Which of the seven
rhetorical devices so far is
this text referring to?
QUESTIONS