Lesson POL-3
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Learning outcomes
During the course of this lesson, you will learn:
Listen to and describe how to use rhetorically and grammatically empowered spoken English.
Choose and incorporate sources in your mock debate or negotiation.
Lesson outline
Previous lesson: Discourse markers and question tags
Essential exercise: listening comprehension
Detailed exercise: identifying figures of speech
Advanced exercise: Arnold Schwarzenegger's message
Exit ticket & Homework
Essential exercise
Listening comprehension
Time for the exercise: 15 minutes
Click each of the three links and follow the instructions to practice your listening comprehension. The exercises are self-assessing and you will see your results immediately. You do not need to share these with the rest of the class.
Detailed exercise
Identifying figures of speech
Time for the exercise: 20 minutes
Watch the video and make notes of what figures of speech that are being used.
Prepare to share your answers in class.
List of figures of speech:
Alliteration - Repetition of consonants in adjacent words.
Anaphora - Repetition of a phrase at the beginning of paragraphs.
Analogy - Compare two objects or ideas.
Antithesis - Contrasting two different or opposing objects or ideas.
Antimetabole - Repeating phrases but in the reverse order. A-B-B-A.
Asyndeton - Deliberately remove conjunctions.
Epistrophe - Repetition of the last words or phrase in a sentence.
Epizeuxis - Immediate repetition of the final word in a sentence.
Euphemism - Changing rude expressions into agreeable/ softer alternatives.
Hyperbole - Exaggerate a statement.
Metaphor - Comparison without like or as. One object is the other.
Simile - Compare two objects or ideas using like or as.
Advanced exercise
Rhetorical analysis - finding the details
Time for the exercise: 20 minutes
Listen to Arnold Schwarzenegger's message, and then,
Draw a rhetorical triangle with the three rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos and logos).
What is the primary rhetorical appeal that he uses?
Ethos = Credibility to the speaker and knowing the topic, authority
Pathos = Speaking to the audience’s emotions, beliefs, values
Logos = Using logical proof and reasoning, such as evidence or data
Draw a circle around the appeal which you think Arnold draws his rhetorical power from.
What figures of speech is he using? Give examples.
Write an argument as support to your claim. Share in class.
Exit ticket
"Today, I learned ..."
