Student Congress T3W1

Student Congress
- Persuasive Devices

S1 EL T3W1

Essential Understanding

EU 2: Change requires a structured and systemic approach to ensure that success is sustainable.

​Let’s recall our preparation before the June vacation:

​VOY letters

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What are the three pillars of rhetoric?​ ​ ​

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​Evaluation Rubrics

Open Ended

Which is more important - what you say or how you say it?

• PVLEGS - Poise, voice, life, eye contact, gestures, speed

• Practise x3

​Delivery

• Plan your outline

• Research your points

• Write your script

• Review your draft

​Content

What makes an effective presentation?

​P - Purpose
A - Audience
C - Context

​PAC

Purpose: To convince your audience that the information presented is ...................... and the strategies offered are ...............

Audience: Classmates, school mates and teachers

Context: A whole-school event aimed at developing skills and attitudes of advocacy among students

​PAC

Purpose: To convince your audience that the information presented is sound/logical/accurate and the strategies offered are effective/relevant/useful.

Audience: Classmates, school mates and teachers

Context: A whole-school event aimed at developing skills and attitudes of advocacy among students

​Persuasive speaking requires persuasive devices.

What are persuasive devices (also known as rhetorical devices)?

​Three appeals

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who wrote about the art of using language to influence others. In his studies, he explained the importance of using three appeals to persuade anybody to do anything:
A) Ethos or the character of the speaker
B) Pathos or the emotional state of the listener
C) Logos or the logic of the argument itself

Poll

Which do you think makes an argument the strongest?

• Ethos or the character of the speaker

• Pathos or the emotional state of the hearer

• Logos or the argument itself

​Let's watch this!

https://youtu.be/aUpiy67_nt4

Categorize

Options (19)

definitions

credentia

good will

expertise

reputation

emotional appeal

sympathy

passion

storytelling

sentiment

factual data and statistics

reasoning

evidence

shared values

character

use of “If..., then…” statements

vivid descriptions

expert quotations

case studies

Categorise the features according to the type of appeal

Ethos

Pathos

Logos

​Other Rhetorical Devices for Impact

1. Rule of three - I came, I saw, I conquered

2. Inclusive language - "we", "our, "us"

3. Rhetorical questions - Asking a question as a way of asserting something.

4. Alliteration - repetition of initial consonant sounds, e.g. "Grass grows greener in the graveyard."

5. Anaphora - repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines, e.g., "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
   
   

​https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zg3496f#zm7thcw

Multiple Choice

Identify the persuasive device:

A brilliant book can never be replaced by a boring TV show.

• Rhetorical question

• Alliteration

• Rule of Three

• A Shocking Fact

Match

Match the persuasive device with the example:

• Rule of Three

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Rhetorical Question

"Friends, Romans, countrymen..."

"Fight fear with facts."

"I see hope. I see change."

"Who doesn't want success?"

• "Friends, Romans, countrymen..."

• "Fight fear with facts."

• "I see hope. I see change."

• "Who doesn't want success?"

​Group Activity (5 min):

You’ve done your research. You have identified a useful piece of information that provides a comprehensive definition of mental health. However, it has to be rewritten for a speech so that it sounds more natural when read aloud. 

You decided to draft a speech based on the information gathered. Identify the persuasive devices that were used in your draft.

​Identify the persuasive devices used in this draft:

Writing your group's script:

• Each group is to make a copy of the script template (found on Google Classroom).

• Write a draft of your script in this template.

• Submit your script in Google Classroom. 

• If you have already written your script, copy and paste it into this template.

​PVLEGS

Open Ended

Discussion: 

Identify the "bad" and the "ugly" of the presentation.

Open Ended

Discussion: 

Identify the "good" of the second presentation.