Literary devices/Rhetoric MLK

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 5

Literary (and rhetorical) devices

question prior knowledge

Program

• The Alquin test date
• Kijk- en Luister toets date
• Literary/Rhetorical devices
• Exercise "I Have a Dream"
• (Writing assignment)
• Reading exam grades

The Alquin test

You will be tested on vocabulary. 

Study the vocabulary and words in context from the assignments made. 

Dates: Wednesday 14-4 & Thursday 15-4

Two days because not everyone can be in class on the same day. 

When you are not making the test, you will be working on something else (practice reading comprehension; other Alquin articles?)

Any questions?

Kijk- en Luister toets

Test date: 22-4-2021 

1st and 2nd hour at school

Literary/Rhetorical devices

Literary devices are part of literary language.

Literary language is sometimes thought 

about in terms of its deviations from or 

distortions of ordinary language. 

Thinking about these devices bc they are different from the norm. 

portrait by Picasso

people find deviations from the norm more interesting, less boring. 

Why do you think of this portrait?

this definition of literary language does not equal all language that can be found in books/novels

A literary device is a device that, when used in literary writing, creates an effect that deepens an understanding of the issue, problem, or insight being delivered.

A stylistic device is a kind of trick of writing that is interesting to look at or experience, or it’s something that becomes something of a trademark of the wrier, but does nothing to really deepen understanding.

Literary device

A literary device is a device that, when used in literary writing, creates an effect that deepens an understanding of the issue, problem, or insight being delivered.

Stylistic device

A stylistic device is a kind of trick of writing that is interesting to look at or experience, or it’s something that becomes something of a trademark of the writer, but does nothing to really deepen the understanding.

Rhetorical device

The term rhetorical device has almost exactly the same meaning, but it's a little broader: whereas literary devices occur in literature, rhetorical devices can occur in any kind of speech or writing. So all literary devices are rhetorical devices, but not all rhetorical devices are literary devices.

metaphor is a literary device; adds meaning, deepens understanding

alliteration is a stylistic device; adds no meaning, only provides aestehtics

rhetorical and literary devices are one and the same, but only differ in context. 

rhetorical: speech, schoolbooks

Literary/Rhetorical devices 

• Techniques to give an additional and/or supplemental meaning, idea, or feeling.
• The goal of these techniques is to create imagery, emphasis, or clarity within a text in hopes of engaging the reader.

"Bighead Burton"

I will show you a video to introduce you to the most often used literary devices. 

After this video, we will analyze a text ourselves

"I have a dream"

- Persuasive speech by Martin Luther King
- American civil rights activist
- August 28, 1963
- Call for civil and economic rights 
and an end to racism in the 

United States.

"I have a dream"

Speech -> rhetorical devices

Exercise:

Use the list of literary devices and analyze MLK's speech. 

Underline and name the devices.

Because it's a speech, theses devices can be categorized as both as literary and rhetorical devices

Rhetorical is more fitting, because the speech is meant to persuade.

MLK is a master in the use of rhetoric

Writing assignment

Write a persuading speech using 5 rhetorical devices. 

The speech can be about anything and needs to have at least 8 sentences. 

If there is still time left