Exploring Figurative Language and Rhetoric in Promotion Speeches

The video tutorial guides students on enhancing their promotion speech outlines by incorporating figurative language and rhetorical appeals. It reviews similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole, and explains how to apply these elements to their speeches. Additionally, it covers the rhetorical appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos, providing instructions on how to integrate them into the speech. Students are encouraged to highlight these elements in their outlines using specific colors.

What should you do if you have already submitted your outline?

• Unsubmit it to make further additions.

• Leave it as it is.

• Submit it again immediately.

• Delete it and start over.

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• My house is a million miles away.

• The wind howled in the night.

• Her heart was as cold as ice.

• She is a doll.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is personification?

• Comparing two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

• Comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

• Giving human traits to inanimate objects or ideas.

• An extreme exaggeration.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Identify the figurative language: 'The clouds smiled down at me.'

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What color should you use to highlight a metaphor in your speech?

• Orange

• Blue

• Green

• Yellow

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which rhetorical appeal focuses on credibility?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Mythos

• Logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is an example of pathos?

• Giving advice to seventh graders.

• Quoting a famous person.

• Referencing the number of classes taken.

• Expressing excitement for high school.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How should you highlight an appeal to logic in your speech?

• In red

• In blue

• In yellow

• In purple

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What should you do after adding all the required components to your speech outline?

• Start a new outline.

• Submit it immediately.

• Check Thursday's assignment for further instructions.

• Email the teacher for feedback.

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What should you do if you have questions about the assignment?

• Search online for answers.

• Ask a classmate.

• Wait until the next class.

• Email the teacher.

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3