RHETORICAL SENTENCES
Rhetoric – the The AQA exam board has questions that involve showing your ability to
act of effective write an excellent, and persuasive speech on a given topic.
or persuasive
speaking or Here, are example of techniques that will allow you to aim for higher
writing. marks and grades. Ensure to use some of these within your speech
effectively, to give yourself a very good chance in aiming for those high
grades.
If you want to practice, complete past questions that relate to
this online. You’ll be able to find these questions on the AQA
exam board website, or even, ask your teacher for some
questions!
Parallelism
Several parts of a sentence or several sentences expressed similarly to
show the ideas in the parts or sentences are in equal importance. It also
adds equal balance and rhythm to a sentence.
• Simply perfect; perfectly simple.
Anaphora
The repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive
phrases, clauses or sentences.
Provide 2 • Will he read the book? Will he learn what he has to teach him? Will he
examples of live according to what he has learned?
parallelism.
Climax
Provide 2
examples of A climax consists of arranging words, clauses, or sentences in the order of
anaphora. increasing importance, weight or emphasis.
• The ground began to heave, windows rattled; then they broke. Objects
Provide 2 started to fall from shelves; water heaters fell from their pedestals;
examples of a tearing out the plumbing. Outside, the road began to break up; water
climax.
mains and gas lines were stretched apart; causing flooding and
Create a speech miniature explosions. Office buildings began to fall, soon twenty; third;
that involves 2 of forty tons of concrete were diving at the helpless civilians below.
these rhetoric
devices.
Created by
Harry Westworth © 2023
Rhetoric – the The AQA exam board has questions that involve showing your ability to
act of effective write an excellent, and persuasive speech on a given topic.
or persuasive
speaking or Here, are example of techniques that will allow you to aim for higher
writing. marks and grades. Ensure to use some of these within your speech
effectively, to give yourself a very good chance in aiming for those high
grades.
If you want to practice, complete past questions that relate to
this online. You’ll be able to find these questions on the AQA
exam board website, or even, ask your teacher for some
questions!
Parallelism
Several parts of a sentence or several sentences expressed similarly to
show the ideas in the parts or sentences are in equal importance. It also
adds equal balance and rhythm to a sentence.
• Simply perfect; perfectly simple.
Anaphora
The repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive
phrases, clauses or sentences.
Provide 2 • Will he read the book? Will he learn what he has to teach him? Will he
examples of live according to what he has learned?
parallelism.
Climax
Provide 2
examples of A climax consists of arranging words, clauses, or sentences in the order of
anaphora. increasing importance, weight or emphasis.
• The ground began to heave, windows rattled; then they broke. Objects
Provide 2 started to fall from shelves; water heaters fell from their pedestals;
examples of a tearing out the plumbing. Outside, the road began to break up; water
climax.
mains and gas lines were stretched apart; causing flooding and
Create a speech miniature explosions. Office buildings began to fall, soon twenty; third;
that involves 2 of forty tons of concrete were diving at the helpless civilians below.
these rhetoric
devices.
Created by
Harry Westworth © 2023
