Creating an impact: Rhetorical devices and sequencing

Creating an impact: Rhetorical devices and sequencing

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will return to our essay plan and look at how to build the main body of our response, thinking about the function of the paragraph, the desired effect on the reader and the types of rhetorical devices that might be best to choose. We will do this as a slow write to give us time to think about our options. At the end of the lesson, we will critique our writing and compare to the model answer for fluency and control.

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5 Questions

Q1.
A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person is called what?
Correct answer: anecdote
antidote
recount
vignette
Q2.
A fragment sentence is a sentence without a verb. True or false?
Correct answer: false
true
Q3.
A simple sentence is a sentence with one clause containing a subject, verb and object. True or false?
false
Correct answer: true
Q4.
"Re-position and plump the pillow to make it look like you’ve just woken up... check. " What type of sentence is this?
declarative
exclamatory
Correct answer: imperative
interrogative
Q5.
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses is called what?
amorphous
analepsis
Correct answer: anaphora
rhetoric

5 Questions

Q1.
What is an 'allusion'?
Correct answer: a reference to an event, place or person that is well known to make a point
explaining one thing in terms of another to highlight ways they are alike
making a connection between two things
the repetition of a word or expression for emphasis
Q2.
What is 'antithesis'?
Correct answer: a comparison of two entirely opposite things
a reference to an event, place or person that is well known to make a point
explaining one thing in terms of another to highlight ways they are alike
the repetition of a word or expression for emphasis
Q3.
"Learning, real learning, takes time." This is an example of which rhetorical feature?
allusion
Correct answer: amplification
analogy
antithesis
Q4.
'She's as pale as a ghost." This is an example of which rhetorical feature?
allusion
amplification
Correct answer: analogy
antithesis
Q5.
What does 'pathos' literally mean?
connection
empathy
feelings
Correct answer: suffering

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UnitEnglish / Non-Fiction texts and view point writing

English