Rhetorical Devices and Strategies Project AP Language Ball

Rhetorical Devices and Strategies Project AP Language Ball High School 2015

ASSIGNMENT Working a group of NO MORE THAN 4 people, you will create a video analyzing 20 devices and strategies within writing. This project is due Tuesday, March 3 rd. You will turn it in on a flash drive. Each member of group is responsible for 5 terms. All 5 terms must be merged into one unified project.

Media Assistance If you need assistance or access to technology to complete your project, you MUST schedule time with me (Jackson) after school BEFORE the due date! A sign up sheet will be available on Wednesday, February 24 th.

Due Dates Story Map and Design: DUE, Wednesday February, 25 th. This includes: specifying what each device is An example pulled from media or writing for each device an explanation of how the example meets the requirement to be called this device Benefits of utilizing this device or strategy Weakness that could result from utilizing this device

Due Dates Continued Rough Draft 1 of video must be ready to show in class on Monday, March 2 nd. Peers will evaluate and critique your rough draft. You will receive grades for your rough draft as well-grades will be based on how complete your project is.

FINAL DUE: TUESDAY, All MARCH 3 rd projects must be turned in on a flash drive

DEVICE / STRATEGY Requirements 20 devices and strategies: assigned by teacher EACH DEVICE MUST INCLUDE: Definition of device Example from media or writing of device Explanation of how example meets definition of device Statement about purpose (benefit) of using device Statement about weaknesses that could be associated with using device

VIDEO REQUIREMENTS Introduction with Rhetorical Devices Project as Title Headlines and Sections indicated-all devices must be divided into sections SECTIONS: Elements of Argumentation Logical Fallacies-see handout Ethos (Ethical Appeal)-include elements that create (at least 3) Logos (Logical Appeal)-include elements that create (at least 3) Pathos (Emotional Appeal)-include elements that create (at least 3) Constructing the Argument (concessions, claims…) Schemes (Strategies) of Balance-see handout Schemes (Strategies) of Unusual or Inverted Word Order-see handout Schemes (Strategies) of Repetition-see handout Tropes (figurative use of a word/expression) of Comparison-see handout Tropes (figurative use of a word/expression) of Word Play-see handout Tropes (figurative use of a word/expression) of Exaggeration-see handout

Video Requirements Cont. Transition frames between sections Conclusion that includes credits for where information, text, and media came from Student name with terms each student was responsible for creating Include music that fits the examples and terms you are utilizing

Questions? Refer to your handout FIRST Still confused, come see me in the morning or after school. Reminder---you don’t have time to play—you have a week to complete this project. Waste time and not complete this and you will fail this six weeks.

Group Assignments 1. Group 1: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Ethos Allusion Concession Claim Begging the Question Non Sequitur arguments Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc Name Calling Alliteration 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Analogy Anaphora Anecdote Antithesis Assonance Asyndeton Connotative Diction Details Euphemism Hyperbole Imagery

Group Assignments Cont. Group 2 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Pathos Counterargument Qualifier Faulty Analogies Hasty Generalizations Red Herrings Glittering Generalities Transfer Irony (situations, dramatic, and verbal) Jargon Juxtaposition 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Metaphor Oxymoron Paradox Parallelism Personification Polysyndeton Repetition Rhetorical Fragment Rhetorical Question

Group Assignments Cont. Group 3 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Logos Hortative Statement (Call to Action) Rebuttal Unspoken Assumption Equivocation Ignoring the Question Opposing a Straw Man Rhetorical Shift Simile Statistics Testimonial Understatement 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Isocolon Anastrophe Parenthesis Apposition (Appositive Phrase) Ellipsis Epistorphe Epanalepsis Anadiplosis

Group Assignments Cont. Group 4 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Ethos Concession Counterargument Claim Either-Or arguments Slippery Slopes Bandwagon Appeals False Authority Ad hominem Tu Quoque Plain Folks Card Stacking Antimetablole 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Chiasmus Polyptoton Simile Synecdoche Metonymy Antanaclasis Paronomasia

Group Assignments Cont. Group 5 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Ethos Pathos Hortative Statements (Call to Action) Qualifiers Unspoken Assumption Hasty Generalities Anthimeria Periphrasis Apostrophe Iron (situational, dramatic, and verbal) 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Sarcasm Oxymoron Paradox Allusion Analogy Anecdote Antithesis Parallelism Gerunds participles

Group Assignments Cont. 1. Group 6: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Ethos Allusion Concession Claim Begging the Question Non Sequitur arguments Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc Name Calling Alliteration 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Analogy Anaphora Anecdote Antithesis Assonance Asyndeton Connotative Diction Details Euphemism Hyperbole Imagery

Group Assignments Cont. Group 7 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Pathos Counterargument Qualifier Faulty Analogies Hasty Generalizations Red Herrings Glittering Generalities Transfer Irony (situations, dramatic, and verbal) Jargon Juxtaposition 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Metaphor Oxymoron Paradox Parallelism Personification Polysyndeton Repetition Rhetorical Fragment Rhetorical Question

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