Rhetorical Strategies

Rhetorical Strategies

Ms. Emerson

Rhetorical Strategies

• These can be used to enhance a speech, support an argument, emphasize points, evoke emotion, and more.

• When we think about rhetoric, what we're really talking about is WHY something is persuasive and effective

Poll

Which one is more effective?

• You should let me go to the party because my friends are there

• After what happened last year, I could really use some more time with my friends. Can I please go tonight?

Rhetorical Strategies

Now that we've seen how it's effective, let's review a few of our rhetorical strategies.

Multiple Choice

When a writer tells a personal story to make a point or make a connection with the audience.

• Repetition for Emphasis

• Usage of Personal Experiences

• Powerful Imagery

• Allusions to Historical Figures

Multiple Choice

"We are all people of the United States. Whether we had been born here or sought a home here, we all deserve to live here."

• Allusions to Historical Figures

• Addressing Opposition Directly

• Establishing Personal Character

• Establishing Unity with the Audience

Multiple Choice

The speaker encourages the audience to do something

• Hyperbole

• Rhetorical Questions

• Establishing Unity with the Audience

• Call to Action

Multiple Choice

"Are we a nation that tolerates the hypocrisy of a system where workers who pick our fruit and make our beds never have a chance to get right with the law?... Or are we a nation that values families and works to keep them together?" --Obama

• Establishing Contrast

• Establishing Personal Character

• Analogies

• Rhetorical Questions

Multiple Choice

The speaker presents themselves a certain way to convince the audience to be more receptive to their message. i.e. Malala focuses on compassion and care in her "Speech at the UN" saying she wouldn't even shoot the man who shot her.

• Establishing Personal Character

• Powerful Imagery

• Addressing Opposition Directly

• Hyperbole: Exaggerated Claims

Open Ended

What questions do you have about rhetorical strategies? Any questions in general for Ms. Emerson?