Unit 5:

Being Grateful to Someone

Reminder: Your Task for unit 5

​You are to individually prepare a maximum 4-minute speech nominating someone you are grateful for, answering this question:

Which person has had the most positive impact on your life?

Describe the individual’s personality and in what ways he or she has influenced you.

Rhetorical Questions:

Who doesn't love them?

Rhetorical Questions make the audience think and relate to your argument more.

Arouse Interest

Most rhetorical questions have obvious answers, making your argument have relevance to the audience.

Emphasis

Purpose of Rhetoricals

​There is to be no direct answers from the audience whenever a Rhetorical Question is asked!

1. Questions that make the audience think.

   Example: "Setting goals is easy, but achieving them isn’t. How are you sabotaging yourself?"

   Makes the audience be an active participant of your speech.

Strategies to Rhetorical Questions

2. Questions that is easily agreeable by the audience to make you credible.

   Example: “Don’t we all want loving parents who will give in to our every whim and fancy?”

   Allows the audience to relate to your beliefs and argument.

Strategies to Rhetorical Questions

3. Questions that emphasise your previous sentences.

   Example: "My grandmother has toiled all her life for her children and grandchildren, and she does not have many years left. What other reasons do we have left not to give her this award?”

Strategies to Rhetorical Questions

Rhetorical Questions is often used to make the audience relate to the topic.

Using Rhetorics in:

INTRODUCTION

​It makes our argument more powerful and impactful to them.

Usually calls people to take action for something.

Using Rhetorics in:

CONCLUSION

When we do that, our audience will feel urged to do what we have asked them to do.

How to: Introduction

How to: Conclusion

• Restate main reason for nomination.

• Specific statement about the person.

• Another general statement about the person.

• Provide a Rhetorical Question for better effect.

DISCOURSE MARKERS

Making your points clear and understandable.

What is a Discourse Marker?

• Words that connect different sentences, ideas and points together into one proper text.

• Insufficient discourse markers would make the text illogical and lack obvious connections.

• The audience would be then left confused.

​Examples of Discourse Markers

bODY pARAGRAPHS

• 1 topic sentence per body paragraph

• Supporting details per topic sentence - Who, What, When, Why, How (5W,1H)

• Use discourse markers / signposts to help readers follow the argument.

NOW Imagine This...

Introduction

Conclusion

Body Paragraphs

Today you have learnt...

• The basic format for an argumentative speech and essay.

• How and when to use Rhetorical Questions.

• The importance of Discourse Markers.