Mastering Rhetoric Devices

Mastering Rhetoric Devices

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson you will be able to understand rhetoric devices and practice with some of those.

Explain to the students what the learning objective is and why it is important.

What do you already know about rhetoric devices?

What are Rhetoric Devices?

Rhetoric devices are techniques used to persuade or manipulate an audience. They include metaphor, simile, alliteration, personification, and many more.

Give examples of rhetoric devices and explain briefly how they work.

Metaphor

Metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two things without using 'like' or 'as'. Example: 'He is a shining star'.

Ask the students to think of their own metaphor and share it with the class. Discuss the effectiveness of each metaphor.

Simile

Simile is a figure of speech that compares two things using 'like' or 'as'. Example: 'She sings like an angel'.

Ask the students to come up with their own simile and share it with the class. Discuss the effectiveness of each simile.

Personification

Personification is a figure of speech where human qualities are given to non-human things. Example: 'The wind whispered in my ear'.

Ask the students to create their own example of personification and share it with the class. Discuss the effectiveness of each example.

Alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words in a sentence. Example: 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'.

Ask the students to create their own example of alliteration and share it with the class. Discuss the effectiveness of each example.

Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents. Example: 'buzz', 'hiss', 'cuckoo'.

Ask the students to create their own example of onomatopoeia and share it with the class. Discuss the effectiveness of each example.

Practice Time

Now it's time to practice! Write a short paragraph using at least three of the rhetoric devices we learned today.

Give the students a few minutes to write their paragraph, then pick a few to share with the class. Discuss the effectiveness of each paragraph and offer suggestions for improvement.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.