Rhetorical Devices and Strategies ProjectAP LanguageBall High School2015

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 3rd. 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 24th.

Due Dates Story Map and Design: DUE, Wednesday

February, 25th. 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 Draft1 of video must be ready to

show in class on Monday, March 2nd. 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, MARCH 3rd

All 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 Assignments1. Group 1:

1. Ethos2. Allusion3. Concession4. Claim5. Begging the Question6. Non Sequitur

arguments7. Post Hoc, Ergo

Propter Hoc8. Name Calling9. Alliteration

10. Analogy11. Anaphora12. Anecdote13. Antithesis14. Assonance15. Asyndeton16. Connotative Diction17. Details18. Euphemism19. Hyperbole20. Imagery

Group Assignments Cont.1. Group 2

1. Pathos2. Counterargument3. Qualifier4. Faulty Analogies5. Hasty Generalizations6. Red Herrings7. Glittering Generalities8. Transfer9. Irony (situations,

dramatic, and verbal)10. Jargon11. Juxtaposition

12. Metaphor13. Oxymoron14. Paradox15. Parallelism16. Personification17. Polysyndeton18. Repetition19. Rhetorical Fragment20. Rhetorical Question

Group Assignments Cont.1. Group 3

1. Logos2. Hortative Statement (Call to

Action)3. Rebuttal4. Unspoken Assumption5. Equivocation6. Ignoring the Question7. Opposing a Straw Man8. Rhetorical Shift9. Simile10. Statistics11. Testimonial12. Understatement

13. Isocolon14. Anastrophe15. Parenthesis16. Apposition (Appositive

Phrase)17. Ellipsis18. Epistorphe19. Epanalepsis20. Anadiplosis

Group Assignments Cont.1. Group 4

1. Ethos2. Concession3. Counterargument4. Claim5. Either-Or arguments6. Slippery Slopes7. Bandwagon Appeals8. False Authority9. Ad hominem10. Tu Quoque11. Plain Folks12. Card Stacking

13. Antimetablole14. Chiasmus15. Polyptoton16. Simile17. Synecdoche18. Metonymy19. Antanaclasis20. Paronomasia

Group Assignments Cont.1. Group 5

1. Ethos2. Pathos3. Hortative Statements

(Call to Action)4. Qualifiers5. Unspoken Assumption6. Hasty Generalities7. Anthimeria8. Periphrasis9. Apostrophe

10. Iron (situational, dramatic, and verbal)

11. Sarcasm12. Oxymoron13. Paradox14. Allusion15. Analogy16. Anecdote17. Antithesis18. Parallelism19. Gerunds20. participles

Group Assignments Cont.1. Group 6:

1. Ethos2. Allusion3. Concession4. Claim5. Begging the Question6. Non Sequitur

arguments7. Post Hoc, Ergo

Propter Hoc8. Name Calling9. Alliteration

10. Analogy11. Anaphora12. Anecdote13. Antithesis14. Assonance15. Asyndeton16. Connotative Diction17. Details18. Euphemism19. Hyperbole20. Imagery

Group Assignments Cont.1. Group 7

1. Pathos2. Counterargument3. Qualifier4. Faulty Analogies5. Hasty Generalizations6. Red Herrings7. Glittering Generalities8. Transfer9. Irony (situations,

dramatic, and verbal)10. Jargon11. Juxtaposition

12. Metaphor13. Oxymoron14. Paradox15. Parallelism16. Personification17. Polysyndeton18. Repetition19. Rhetorical Fragment20. Rhetorical Question

Similar Examples of this Project can be found at link below

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Byl0k_aTU5e1X19vZVAwNlBRWkU&usp=drive_web

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