Engage high school or advanced middle school students as they identify and practice writing 12 different rhetorical devices, great preparation for a rhetorical analysis project or for use in AP language and composition! These digital interactive activities are ready for your 21st century classroom; students will read excerpts from different texts and match them to the correct rhetorical devices.
As an extension and application activity, students will use these rhetorical devices in their own writing, focusing on picture prompts.
Black-line print handouts are provided for paper use, and answer keys are included for identification activities.
Rhetorical Devices Covered:
★Epistrophe
★Metaphor
★Anadiplosis
★Asyndeton
★Anaphora
★Litotes
★Chiasmus
★Allusion
★Rhetorical Question
★Polysyndeton
★Oxymoron
★Antithesis
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Here’s what you’ll receive in this resource:
★ Rhetorical Devices Identification Activities (2 Slides, 2 Pages) help students practice identifying rhetorical devices. Bonus: students will practice reading skills, as well, through exposure to different text-based examples of each rhetorical device.
★ Rhetorical Devices Writing Activities (2 Slides, 2 Pages) help students apply their knowledge of rhetorical devices and practice writing skills!
★ Answer Keys for Identification Activities (2 Pages) so that you can save prep time.
★ Product Links and Teacher Notes (2 Pages) so that you have reminders for using this assignment with students at your fingertips.
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Benefits of digital interactive resources include:
★ High engagement = happy students and happy teacher
★ Student-friendly 1:1 environment
★ Development of college and career readiness skills
★ Fluid integration of ELA skills
★ Productive use of class time that is maximized for student learning
This resource is helpful for:
★ Teachers new to a digital learning environment.
★ Teachers who are looking to save time with ready-made digital resources.
★ Teachers who love to innovate and try new things!
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