Mastering Rhetorical Devices in Speech Writing

Explore the art of rhetoric through various devices like anaphora, epizeuxis, anadiplosis, diacope, and chiasmus. Practice incorporating these tools in persuasive speeches on topics ranging from uniforms to banning computers, showcasing your mastery of eloquence.

• Rhetorical Devices
• Speech Writing
• Persuasion Techniques
• Language Mastery
• Public Speaking

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1. Rhetorical device: Anaphora Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. Do it now Do it now For example: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. Charles Dickens You have been tasked to write a short speech on uniform. Write a small section (3-4 lines) arguing that uniform is uncomfortable. Use an example of anaphora in your writing.

2. Rhetorical device: Epizeuxis Epizeuxis is when you deliberately repeat a word for emphasis. Do it now Do it now For example: We need to focus, focus, focus You have been tasked to write a short speech on chocolate being better than candy. Macbeth by William Shakespeare: Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time Write a small section (3-4 lines). In your writing, using an example of epizeuxis and anaphora.

3. Rhetorical device: Anadiplosis Anadiplosis is when the writer repeats the last word or phrase of one line or clause to begin the next. Do it now Do it now For example: The love of wicked men converts to fear, that fear to hate, and hate turns one or both to worthy danger and deserved death. You have been tasked to write a short speech arguing that computers should be banned. Write a small section (3-4 lines). In your writing, using an example of anadiplosis, epizeuxis and anaphora.

4. Rhetorical device: Diacope Diacope is the repetition of a word or phrase broken up by one or more intervening words. Do it now Do it now For example: Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo? Run, Toto, run! That was a beautiful time, a very beautiful time. You have been tasked to write a short speech arguing that football is the worst sport in the world. Write a small section (3-4 lines). In your writing, use an example of diacope and one other rhetorical device from anadiplosis, epizeuxis and anaphora.

5. Rhetorical device: Chiasmus Chiasmus is where words or phrases are repeated in reverse order. For example: working hard, or hardly working? "We shape our buildings, and afterward our buildings shape us. "Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate." Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Do it now Do it now You have been tasked to write a short speech arguing that there are either more wheels or more doors in the world. Write a small section (3-4 lines). In your writing, you must use an example of chiasmus and one other rhetorical device from anadiplosis, epizeuxis, diacope, hypophora and anaphora.

6. Rhetorical device: Tricolon A Tricolon is a series of three parallel words, phrases or clauses. For example: With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies And when the night grows dark, when injustice weighs heavy on our hearts, when our best-laid plans seem beyond our reach.. Do it now Do it now You have been tasked to write a short speech arguing either cats or dogs make the better pet. Write a small section (3-4 lines). In your writing, you must use an example of a tricolon and one other rhetorical device from anadiplosis, epizeuxis, diacope, hypophora, anaphora and chiasmus.

7. Rhetorical device: Antithesis Antithesis is where two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heav n. Easy come, easy go. Hope for the best; prepare for the worst. Keep your friends close; keep your enemies closer. Give them an inch and they ll take a mile. Do it now Do it now You have been tasked to write a short speech arguing that homework should be banned. Write a small section (3-4 lines). In your writing, you must use an example of antithesis and at least one other rhetorical device from tricolon, anadiplosis, epizeuxis, diacope, hypophora, anaphora and chiasmus.

8. Rhetorical device: Metanoia Metanoia is when you amplify, retract, strength or weaken a prior statement. For example: The outcomes will be a disaster for the whole class, if not the whole school. Kreuz Market is the greatest barbecue restaurant no, scratch that, the greatest barbecue experience in Central Texas And they lived, if not happily ever after, then at least reasonably so. Do it now Do it now You have been tasked to write a short speech arguing whether you think summer or winter is better. Write a small section (3-4 lines). In your writing, you must use an example of metanoia and at least one other rhetorical device from antithesis, tricolon, anadiplosis, epizeuxis, diacope, hypophora, anaphora and chiasmus.