Hello and welcome to our new website and very first blog post! We’re hoping that we can share some useful tips and resources for all of our students here, so please do let us know if you have any questions you’d like Liane to answer.
In this post, we’d like to share a handy Rhetorical Devices Worksheet which is suitable for students studying towards Level 2 & 3 of LAMDA’s Graded Examinations in Communication: Speaking in Public.
What is a Rhetorical Device?
A Rhetorical Device is a language technique used by an author or speaker to capture an audience’s attention, persuade and engage them emotionally. We already use many rhetorical devices in every day conversations, don’t we?* The most common rhetorical device is ‘irony’ where a speaker will use words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
“What lovely weather we’re having!” she said standing in the doorway, soaked and shivering.
For Students
Complete the Rhetorical Devices worksheet and see if you can incorporate any of them into your speeches to make your message even more effective.
Download the Rhetorical Devices Worksheet Here
*Well done if you spotted this particular rhetorical device!
