Rhetorical devices: Designing the main body of your essay

Rhetorical devices: Designing the main body of your essay

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will be looking at the main body of our essay, before piecing everything together. Firstly, we will return to our essay plan and look at how to build the main body of our response, thinking about the function of the paragraph, the desired effect on the reader and the types of rhetorical devices that might be best to choose. We'll do this as a slow write to give you time to think about your options. At the end of the lesson, we'll critique our writing and compare to the model answer for fluency and control.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Which one of the following is a key feature of an introduction?
you create a mystery to intrigue your reader
Correct answer: you give an overview of your line of argument
you use humour to make your reader agree with you
you use statistics to show your ideas are valid
Q2.
What is the name of the technique where you give a story/real life example to explain your point of view?
account
Correct answer: anecdote
antidote
recount
Q3.
This technique involves you giving the opposing line of argument. What is it called?
anti-argument
antithesis
Correct answer: counter-argument
juxtaposition
Q4.
"Dodgeball." What type of sentence is this?
fractured
Correct answer: fragment
it is not a sentence
simple
Q5.
In our conclusion we have tried to broaden the scope of our final paragraph to take on 'Big Picture' ideas and test the reader's moral stance. Which of the following does this refer to?
Correct answer: ethos
kairos
logos
pathos

5 Questions

Q1.
Match the definition to the term. "A word which adds detail. It is used to describe a noun."
Correct answer: adjective
adverb
alliteration
pronoun
Q2.
This rhetorical technique explains one thing in terms of another to highlight the ways they are alike –eg. “she’s as pale as a ghost.”
allusion
amplification
Correct answer: analogy
antithesis
Q3.
This rhetorical technique makes a reference to an event, place or person that is well known to make a point - “I can’t do that; I’m not Superman!”
Correct answer: allusion
amplification
analogy
antithesis
Q4.
This rhetorical technique makes a connection between two things – “that’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
allusion
amplification
analogy
Correct answer: antithesis
Q5.
“Learning, real learning, takes time.” Which rhetorical device is this?
allusion
Correct answer: amplification
analogy
antithesis

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UnitEnglish / Language Skills - Non-Fiction - Writing

English