Advanced Rhetorical Devices Identification vs. Purpose vs. Effect

New Vocabulary

O Alliteration O Anaphora O Chiasmus

Alliteration

Anaphora

Chiasmus

New Vocabulary O Alliteration O Anaphora O Chiasmus

New Vocabulary O Alliteration – tongue twister O Anaphora O Chiasmus

New Vocabulary O Alliteration – tongue twister O Anaphora – Get Up Offa That Thing O Chiasmus

New Vocabulary O Alliteration – tongue twister O Anaphora – Get Up Offa That Thing O Chiasmus – Waldo finds you

Alliteration O A series of words next to or close to each other that repeat a consonant sound.

Alliteration O Examples: O Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary… O While I nodded, nearly napping… O For the radiant and rare maiden….

Alliteration O Examples: O Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary… O While I nodded, nearly napping… O For the radiant and rare maiden… “The Raven,” Edgar Allan Poe

Alliteration O Examples: O Hot-hearted Beowulf was bent on battle. O Now old desire doth in his death-bed lie… -from Romeo and Juliet O “…half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery…” --from JFK’s Inaugural Address

Purpose vs. Effect Author’s Purpose Effect on the Reader

Purpose vs. Effect Author’s Purpose Effect on the Reader Obviously, exaggeration of a point Impossibility of a statement adds emphasis

Purpose vs. Effect Author’s Purpose Effect on the Reader Obviously, exaggeration of a point Impossibility of a statement adds emphasis Draws attention to the point Conveys seriousness, importance of an emotion

Anaphora O The repetition of a word or words at the beginning of a sentence, phrase or verse.

Anaphora O Examples: O We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. –Winston Churchill O Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in public and private life, have been the consequences of action without thought. --Bernard Baruch

Anaphora O Example:

Purpose vs. Effect Author’s Purpose Effect on the Reader

Purpose vs. Effect Author’s Purpose Effect on the Reader Adds rhythm to a text Adds emphasis to a section Adds sense of weight behind words

Purpose vs. Effect Author’s Purpose Effect on the Reader Adds rhythm to a text Adds emphasis to a section Adds sense of weight behind words Rhythm makes a section more memorable Emphasis helps reader remember sections or lead the reader to the most important points Weight adds credibility to the speaker and the occasion

Chiasmus O The use of the same words or concepts in two independent clauses but in reversed order to create a changed meaning. O Derived from Latin for “crosswise arrangement”

Chiasmus O Examples: O “We didn’t land on Plymouth Rock; Plymouth Rock landed on us.” --Malcolm X O I meant what I said and I said what I meant. - -Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a Who O “East and West do not mistrust each other because we are armed; we’re armed because we mistrust each other.” – Ronald Reagan

Chiasmus O Example: O “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” --from JFK’s Inaugural Address

Purpose vs. Effect Author’s Purpose Effect on the Reader

Purpose vs. Effect Author’s Purpose Effect on the Reader Adds rhythm to a text Adds emphasis to a section Positions ideas in a different light Helps argue an idea

Purpose vs. Effect Author’s Purpose Effect on the Reader Adds rhythm to a text Adds emphasis to a section Positions ideas in a different light Helps argue an idea Rhythm makes a section more memorable Emphasis helps reader remember sections or lead the reader to the most important points Adds new meaning for the reader Readers likely to respond to large ideas put into simple terms