Eng II Rhetorical Devices

Multiple Choice

Which question is rhetorical?

• Who wouldn’t want a snack like this?

• Would you like to try this snack?

Multiple Choice

Identify the rhetorical device:

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land.

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• repeition

Multiple Choice

Why do you think authors use rhetorical devices when writing texts?

• To make their writing more persuasive and effective

• To confuse the reader

• To make their writing longer

• To avoid communicating their purpose

Word Cloud

Write one of the rhetorical appeals that we learned yesterday.

Open Ended

How can analyzing rhetorical devices help you understand MLK's purpose?

Multiple Choice

Allusion

• A list of successive words or phrases with the same/similar grammatical structure.

• a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A short reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event.

• A comparison of two unlike things by speaking about one in terms of the other.

Multiple Choice

In front of which building in Washington, D.C., did Dr. King deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech?

• Union Station

• the White House

• the National Cathedral

• the Lincoln Memorial

Draw

Circle or highlight the repetition in the text.

Multiple Choice

Parallelism is...

• A list of successive words or phrases with the same/similar grammatical structure.

• a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A short reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event.

• A comparison of two unlike things by speaking about one in terms of the other.

Multiple Choice

Why does Dr. King refer to many different parts of the country in his speech?

• To emphasize that freedom should extend across the nation.

• To point out that segregation is limited to certain areas.

• To express sorrow that injustices exist in so many places.

Multiple Select

Which rhetorical device is demonstrated by the repeated phrase "Let freedom ring" in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech?

• Repetition

• Antithesis

• Anecdote

• Parallelism

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence

Every man, woman, and child deserves equal rights.

What is the best way to revise the sentence to include parallelism for greater impact?

• Everyone deserves equal rights

• Every man, each woman, and all children deserve equal rights

• Equal rights are what every man, woman, and child deserve

• Every man, every woman, and every child deserves equal rights

Draw

Circle or highlight examples of antithesis.

Open Ended

Read the text. Look at your rhetorical device notes. Give an example of a rhetorical device from this passage. Make sure to cite the evidence (quote).

Multiple Choice

In paragraphs four and five, Dr. King uses an analogy to illustrate America’s broken promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to “her citizens of color.” What is this analogy?

• A promissory note--a check that has come back marked “insufficient funds”

• A dark empty well with a bottomless bucket tied to a frayed rope

• A crossroads in a dark forest