Rhetorical Strategies

Rhetorical Strategies Review

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What is rhetoric?

Rhetoric

Refers to how writers use purposeful language to influence or persuade the audience. The art of effective communication.

English 9

Rhetoric

Rhetorical Strategies

​Strategies using words or phrases that are used to convey meaning, provoke a response, and/or persuade during communication.

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English 9

Rhetoric

The repeating of certain words or phrases.

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Ex: "​Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children."

(Anaphora)​

Repetition

Rhetorical Strategies

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Why use repetition in speeches? What is the purpose?

Words or phrases are used in a non-literal way for particular effect.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification​

Figurative Language

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Ex: One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.

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Translation: African Americans are still suffering due to segregation and discrimination. ​

Figurative Language

Some text here about the topic of discussion

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Why use figurative language in speeches? What is the purpose?

Figurative Language

Uses comparisons to link ideas! By comparing one thing to another, the speaker is able to emphasize their points and ideas.

Rhetoric

What does it mean?

"This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality."

Rhetoric

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What is King really saying here?

"Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice."