Activity (5 minutes)Write:

Your speech topic is the Barack Obama

Write an…. Attention getter (1 of 8 types), Thesis statement (C+B+R) Preview statement (Make up 3 main points) Review statement (Same 3 points as Preview) Memorable last line (1 of 3 types)

Mr. SandersOral Communication7:45am – 10:15am

Stylistic Devices (part 1)

ParallelismArranging sentences so that words and

phrases echo each other in length and structure.

County Market = “We value fresh, we value family, we value you.”

“In these four years we have been touched by tragedy, exhilarated by challenge, strengthened by achievement.” – Bill Clinton

Antithesis

Contrast of ideas

“My only love sprung from my only hate.” – Romeo and Juliet

Rhetorical QuestionsAsking a question to make a point, but NOT

expecting an answer.

Good – “If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice?”

Good – “How many roads must a manwalk down before you call him a man?”

Bad – “Have you ever thought about dogs?Well, I have and today that’s my topic!”

Student examples

Student examples

Parallelism –Forever I do, forever I love youThe Few, the proud, the marines

Antithesis –You make me cry, you make me smile, I hate you, I love youIt hurts so bad, but it felt so good.To be or not to be / Unnecessary necessities

Rhetorical question – How much wood could a wood…We all die, but do we all live?If the sky is the limit, why are the footprints on the moon?

Parenthesis (Interrupting for Emphasis) – to emphasize or

clarify the point speakers are attempting to make

“We cannot, we will not, succumb to the dark impulses that lurk in the far regions of the soul everywhere.” – Bill Clinton

RepetitionRepeat a sound, word, phrase, or idea.

“I have a dream!”-Dr. King

“I love you like a love song baby, and I just keep on hitting, re-Peat,peat, peat,peat,Peat.”

AlliterationRepetition of

consonant sounds

Ex: Billy Bob bought baked bread

AssonanceRepetition of the

same vowel sound

Ex: My prized possession I hold to the highest standard. It ignites the spark of possibilities in your eyes.

“It’s goodmood food!”

Example time!Parenthesis –

Repetition -

Alliteration –

Assonance -

STUDENT EXAMPLES

Pop Quiz!

Look through your notes…

Which of the seven rhetorical devices so far is this text referring to?

QUESTIONS