Rhetorical Devices Identification vs Purpose vs Effect New Vocabulary New Vocabulary Alliteration Anaphora Chiasmus Alliteration Anaphora Chiasmus Chiasmus New Vocabulary Alliteration Anaphora ID: 418461
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Advanced Rhetorical Devices
Identification vs. Purpose vs. EffectSlide2
New VocabularySlide3
New Vocabulary
Alliteration
Anaphora
ChiasmusSlide4
AlliterationSlide5
AnaphoraSlide6
ChiasmusSlide7
ChiasmusSlide8
New VocabularyAlliteration
Anaphora
ChiasmusSlide9
New Vocabulary
Alliteration – tongue twister
Anaphora
ChiasmusSlide10
New Vocabulary
Alliteration – tongue twister
Anaphora – Get Up Offa That Thing
ChiasmusSlide11
New Vocabulary
Alliteration – tongue twister
Anaphora – Get Up Offa That Thing
Chiasmus – Waldo finds youSlide12
AlliterationA series of words next to or close to each other that repeat a consonant sound.Slide13
Alliteration
Examples:
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered
w
eak and
w
eary…
While I
n
odded,
n
early
n
apping…
For the
r
adiant and
r
are maiden…
.Slide14
Alliteration
Examples:
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered
w
eak and
w
eary…
While I
n
odded,
n
early
n
apping…
For the
r
adiant and
r
are maiden…
“The Raven,” Edgar Allan PoeSlide15
Alliteration
Examples:
H
ot-
h
earted
B
eowulf was
b
ent on
b
attle.
Now old
d
esire
d
oth in his
d
eath-bed lie…
-from Romeo and Juliet
“…half the globe struggling to
b
reak the
b
onds of
m
ass
m
isery…”
--from JFK’s Inaugural AddressSlide16
Purpose vs. Effect
Author’s
Purpose
Effect
on the
ReaderSlide17
Purpose vs. Effect
Author’s
Purpose
Effect
on the
Reader
Obviously, exaggeration
of a point
Impossibility of a statement adds emphasisSlide18
Purpose vs. Effect
Author’s
Purpose
Effect
on the
Reader
Obviously, exaggeration
of a point
Impossibility of a statement adds emphasis
Draws
attention to the point
Conveys seriousness, importance of an emotionSlide19
AnaphoraThe repetition of a word or words at the beginning of a sentence, phrase or verse.Slide20
AnaphoraExamples:
We
shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end
. –Winston Churchill
Whatever
failures I
have known,
whatever
errors
I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in public and private life, have been the consequences of action without thought
. --Bernard BaruchSlide21
Anaphora
Example:Slide22
Purpose vs. Effect
Author’s
Purpose
Effect
on the
ReaderSlide23
Purpose vs. Effect
Author’s
Purpose
Effect
on the
Reader
Adds rhythm to a text
Adds
emphasis to a section
Adds sense of weight behind wordsSlide24
Purpose vs. Effect
Author’s
Purpose
Effect
on the
Reader
Adds rhythm to a text
Adds
emphasis to a section
Adds sense of weight behind words
Rhythm
makes a section more memorable
Emphasis helps reader remember sections or lead the reader to the most important points
Weight adds credibility to the speaker and the occasionSlide25
Chiasmus
The use of the same words or concepts in two independent clauses but in reversed order to create a changed meaning.
Derived from Latin for “crosswise arrangement”Slide26
ChiasmusExamples:
“We didn’t land on Plymouth Rock; Plymouth Rock landed on us.” --Malcolm X
I meant what I said and I said what I meant. --Dr. Seuss,
Horton Hears a Who
“East and West do not mistrust each other because we are armed; we’re armed because we mistrust each other
.” – Ronald ReaganSlide27
ChiasmusExample:
“Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”
--from JFK’s Inaugural AddressSlide28
Purpose vs. Effect
Author’s
Purpose
Effect
on the
ReaderSlide29
Purpose vs. Effect
Author’s
Purpose
Effect
on the
Reader
Adds rhythm to a text
Adds
emphasis to a section
Positions ideas in a different light
Helps argue an ideaSlide30
Purpose vs. Effect
Author’s
Purpose
Effect
on the
Reader
Adds rhythm to a text
Adds
emphasis to a section
Positions ideas in a different light
Helps argue an idea
Rhythm
makes a section more memorable
Emphasis helps reader remember sections or lead the reader to the most important points
Adds new meaning for the reader
Readers likely to respond to large ideas put into simple terms