Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look Lennie James' use of rhetoric with advice and warning. We will learn how Lennie James writes with a particular style to appeal to his audience in a unique and personal approach within his open letter.

Content guidance

  • Contains conflict or violence.

Supervision

Adult supervision suggested.

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6 Questions

Q1.
A short, interesting story to encourage pathos is called :
Correct answer: an anecdote
an antidote
anaphora
epiphora
Q2.
Chronological means:
a record of events in order of importance
a record of events in the order they matter
Correct answer: a record of events in the order they occurred
a record of events working from most recent
Q3.
Michelle Obama uses this to give herself advice:
collective nouns
imperative language
Correct answer: logos
rhetorical question
Q4.
Imperatives are:
a rhetorical question
Correct answer: a short command or instruction
a way of evoking emotion
a way of stopping emotion
Q5.
Tenacious means to be:
To be bossy and ambitious
To be hardworking and satisfied
To be outspoken and opinionated
Correct answer: To be persistent or determined
Q6.
Obama writes this letter to:
Correct answer: Give advice to her younger self
React with anger at how her life has changed
Regret events that have happened in the past
Correct answer: Think about what she has learned

5 Questions

Q1.
‘Don’t throw your life away: be better than that.’ This is an example of (select two answers):
alliteration
Correct answer: dialysis
Correct answer: direct address
simile
Q2.
'We should be ashamed. I am’ This is an example of (select two answers):
Correct answer: dialysis
direct address
epiphora
Correct answer: imperative language
Q3.
An open letter is (select two answers):
Correct answer: addressed to a particular person or group of people
formal
Correct answer: intended for publication in a newspaper
usually found in a diary
Q4.
The main purpose of James' open letter is to (select two answers):
Correct answer: Condemn those involved in knife crime
Correct answer: Give advice to those involved in knife crime
Give instructions for knife crime
Give rules for those involved in knife crime
Q5.
At the start of the open letter, it is really important to James to build:
Correct answer: ethos
logos
reputation
the idea he is an expert

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