RHETORICAL ANALYSIS 1 THEME SYMBOL FIGURE OF SPEECH RITE OF PASSAGE MOMENT OF INSIGHT TRIGGER

THEME: The main idea in a work; the writer’s 2 THEME: The main idea in a work; the writer’s perception about life shared with the reader. Theme is rarely directly stated. SYMBOL: A person, place, or object that stands for something beyond itself.

3 FIGURE OF SPEECH: A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level. Figures of speech always involve some sort of imaginative comparison between seemingly unlike things. Some 250 different types of figures of speech have been identified. The most common are simile (I wandered lonely as a cloud”), the metaphor (“Fame is a bee”), and personification (“The wind stood up and gave a shout”).

4 RITE OF PASSAGE: A story that depicts a life-changing realization. The journey of a hero. The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings Harry Potter Star Wars “The Road Not Taken” (a poem by Robert Frost) The Odyssey (ancient Greek)

5 MOMENT OF INSIGHT: When the “light bulb comes on.” The character comes to an important realization. TRIGGER: The event that brings to pass the Moment of Insight. An event that spurs the character into action.

B. The event that brings to pass the Moment of Insight. Practice #1: 1. THEME: 2.SYMBOL: 3. FIGURE OF SPEECH: 4. MOMENT OF INSIGHT: 5. TRIGGER: A. A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level. B. The event that brings to pass the Moment of Insight. C. The main idea in a work; the writer’s perception about life shared with the reader that is rarely directly stated. D. A person, place, or object that stands for something beyond itself. E. When the “light bulb comes on.” 6

Answers: C.1. THEME: D. 2.SYMBOL: A. 3. FIGURE OF SPEECH: 7 Answers: C.1. THEME: D. 2.SYMBOL: A. 3. FIGURE OF SPEECH: E. 4. MOMENT OF INSIGHT: B. 5. TRIGGER: A. A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level. B. The event that brings to pass the Moment of Insight. C. The main idea in a work; the writer’s perception about life shared with the reader that is rarely directly stated. D. A person, place, or object that stands for something beyond itself. E. When the “light bulb comes on.”

A. When the “light bulb comes on.” 8 Practice #2 1. THEME: 2.SYMBOL: 3. FIGURE OF SPEECH: 4. MOMENT OF INSIGHT: 5. TRIGGER: A. When the “light bulb comes on.” B. The event that brings to pass the Moment of Insight. C. A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level D. A person, place, or object that stands for something beyond itself. E. The main idea in a work; the writer’s perception about life shared with the reader that is rarely directly stated.

A. When the “light bulb comes on.” 8 Answers: E 1. THEME: D 2.SYMBOL: C 3. FIGURE OF SPEECH: A 4. MOMENT OF INSIGHT: B 5. TRIGGER: A. When the “light bulb comes on.” B. The event that brings to pass the Moment of Insight. C. A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level D. A person, place, or object that stands for something beyond itself. E. The main idea in a work; the writer’s perception about life shared with the reader that is rarely directly stated.

B. The event that brings to pass the Moment of Insight. 10 Practice #3: 1. THEME: 2.SYMBOL: 3. FIGURE OF SPEECH: 4. MOMENT OF INSIGHT: 5. TRIGGER: A. A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level B. The event that brings to pass the Moment of Insight. C. When the “light bulb comes on.” D. The main idea in a work; the writer’s perception about life shared with the reader that is rarely directly stated. E. A person, place, or object that stands for something beyond itself.

B. The event that brings to pass the Moment of Insight. 11 Answers: D 1. THEME: E 2.SYMBOL: A 3. FIGURE OF SPEECH: C 4. MOMENT OF INSIGHT: B 5. TRIGGER: A. A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level B. The event that brings to pass the Moment of Insight. C. When the “light bulb comes on.” D. The main idea in a work; the writer’s perception about life shared with the reader that is rarely directly stated. E. A person, place, or object that stands for something beyond itself.