Do Now:What is your favorite college?Write three reasons someone should go to that college.What are the school colors?

June 12th Objective:Define and describe a variety of stylistic persuasive techniques (repetition, sentence variety, understatement / overstatement)

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Key Terms

Rhetoric: the art of using language effectively so as to persuade or influence others

Style: a manner of discourse, or tone of speaking, adopted in writing, addressing others, or in ordinary conversation

Persuasion: the addressing of arguments or appeals to a person in order to induce cooperation, submission, or agreement

Stylistic Persuasive Techniques

Repetition Sentence Variety

Under statement

Over statement

Stylistic Persuasive Techniques

Repetition

saying words or phrases over and

over again for

emphasis

Sentence Variety

Under statement

Over statement

Stylistic Persuasive Techniques

Repetition Sentence Variety

using different sentence structures

and lengths to engage

an audience

Under statement

Over statement

Stylistic Persuasive Techniques

Repetition Sentence Variety

Under statement

a statement which falls below the truth or

fact

Over statement

Stylistic Persuasive Techniques

Repetition Sentence Variety

Under statement

Over statement

an exaggeration; a statement

which exceeds the limits of fact

Stylistic Persuasive Techniques

Repetition

saying words or phrases over and

over again for emphasis

Sentence Variety

using different sentence structures

and lengths to engage an

audience

Under statement

a statement which falls below the

truth or fact

Over statement

an exaggeration; a statement

which exceeds the limits of fact

Make a Poster:

GROUP ONE: On your poster, write OVERSTATMENTS and brainstorm a list of overstatements!

GROUP TWO: On your poster, write UNDERSTATEMENTS and brainstorm a list of understatements!

GROUP THREE: On your poster, write REPETITION and a very short story (3-4 sentences) using repetition.

GROUP FOUR: On your poster, write SENTENCE VARIETY and a very short story (3-4 sentences) using sentence variety.

Make it pretty!

In 3-5 sentences, reflect on what you learned today, what

was confusing, and connections of this lesson to other lessons/other content areas/real world. You may

also reflect on your progress as a student, what to do

differently next time, or what you liked about the topic.

Fill In The Blank

1. _________ is a stylistic technique that uses statements which fall below the truth or fact.

A. overstatement

B. understatement

C. repetition

D. sentence variety

2. _________ is a stylistic technique that uses exaggeration.

A. overstatement

B. understatement

C. repetition

D. sentence variety

3. Which two stylistic techniques does the excerpt from President Barack Obama’s 2008 acceptance speech use?

4. BONUS: Which rhetorical techniques did you notice in President Obama’s speech?

… And tonight, I think about all that she’s seen throughout her century in America - the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we cant, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.

At a time when women’s voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.

When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.

When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.

She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that We Shall Overcome. Yes we can.

A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can. …

3. Which two stylistic techniques does the excerpt from President Barack Obama’s 2008 acceptance speech use?

4. BONUS: Which rhetorical techniques did you notice in President Obama’s speech?

HOMEWORK:Write a short speech (~1

paragraph) persuading your audience to attend to your

favorite college. Use sentence variety. Also, use

two of the following: repetition, overstatement,

and/or understatement.

June 12th Objective:Define and describe a variety of stylistic persuasive techniques (repetition, sentence variety, understatement / overstatement)

HOMEWORK:Write a short speech (~1

paragraph) persuading your audience to attend to your

favorite college. Use sentence variety. Also, use

two of the following: repetition, overstatement,

and/or understatement.