Rhetorical Chew Digging Your TEETh In Rebecca Singley
Rhetorical Chew! Digging Your TEETh In Rebecca Singley Stratford High School Rebecca. singley@springbranchisd. com mrssingleyssource. weebly. com
Rhetorical Chew: Digging Your TEETh In! Tool* - what is the device and its function in the piece? (Be sure to name the device in your response). Evidence - provide at least one example from the text that contains the tool (a. k. a. rhetorical device) Effect - How does it support the author’s purpose? What is its effect on the reader? Thesis - Refer back to your thesis. How does the use of this tool support the author’s purpose overall, as put forth in thesis? * Tool = rhetorical device/technique
Chewing with your mouth closed: When asking students to do a “closed chew”, the devices are named in advance. For example: How does Leonard Pitts’s use of anaphora and point of view to convey his opinions on the use of social media? Chewing with your mouth open: When asking students to do an “open chew”, the devices are not named in advance, and the students determine what will be discussed. For example: Discuss Leonard Pitts’s use of rhetorical devices and techniques to convey his opinion on the use of social media.
Take a bite! As you read, consider… What is Leonard Pitts saying about the use of social media in today’s society?
Dig Your TEETh In! STEP 1 Draft your thesis, based upon the following prompt: How does Leonard Pitts’s use of anaphora and point of view to convey his opinions on the use of social media?
STEP 1 Dig Your TEETh In! Tool* - what is the device and its function in the piece? (Be sure to name the device in your response). Evidence - provide at least one example from the text that contains the tool (a. k. a. rhetorical device) Effect - How does it support the author’s purpose? What is its effect on the reader? Thesis - Refer back to your thesis. How does the use of this tool support the author’s purpose overall, as put forth in thesis? * Tool = rhetorical device/technique
First person point of view: point of view in which a story is told from the narrator’s point of view. Includes the following first person pronouns: * * * I Me My Mine We Us
Anaphora: repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences. “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, A Tale of Two Cities
Just in case… How does Leonard Pitts use anaphora and point of view to convey his opinions of the use of social media? First person point of view: point of view in which a story is told, or information is shared, from the narrator’s point of view. Includes the first person pronouns I, me, my, mine, we, and us. Anaphora: repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.
STEP 2 Check Your TEETh BEFORE YOU BEGIN DISCUSSING THE TOOLS/TECHNIQUES… Discuss your drafted thesis with your group. Make any changes/revisions you deem necessary. What is the group’s understanding of the tool, and its function in the piece? Clear up any misconceptions, and record any new understandings here What is its effect on the reader? How does it support the author’s purpose? Your thesis?
STEP 3 Digest! Using your individual work, along with your group’s insights, craft a paragraph for each tool that reflects your analysis of Leonard Pitts’s piece. How does Leonard Pitts’s use of anaphora and point of view to convey his opinions on the use of social media?
Questions? Comments?
To access a digital copy of this slideshow and handouts, please visit: http: //mrssingleyssource. weebly. com/teacher-stuff. html QR Code for the site Bibliography Pitts, Leonard. "Leonard Pitts Jr. : Taking Selfies in the Wrong Places. " Miamiherald. Miami Herald, 25 July 2014. Web. 15 Aug. 2015.
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