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Structure-

1. What will be the function of this paragraph? (How will it unlock my audience?)

A) Establish background-Brief context of issue/idea

B) Clarification through extended metaphor

C) Illustration through personal anecdote/ observation

D) Reasons to be optimistic/ pessimistic

E) Hypothetical scenario- cause/effect

F) Analogy

G) Examples of historical similarities

H) Refute misconceptions

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Syntax Options

  1. Rhetorical question-answered
  2. Adage/ old saying/aphorism
  3. Parallel Structure (anaphora/ epistrophe)
  4. Antithesis
  5. Allusions
  6. Blunt sentences (I don’t know- It is not magic)
  7. Asyndeton
  8. Parenthetical interjection

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What if you tried...

  • Rhetorical question-answered
  • Adage/ old saying
  • Parallel Structure (anaphora/ epistrophe)
  • Antithesis
  • Allusions
  • Blunt sentences (I don’t know- It is not magic)
  • Asyndeton
  • Parenthetical interjection

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Diction

  • Connotation
  • noun + participle modifiers
  • verbs and tone

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Chris Anderson TED

Arrangement of Evidence

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Ethos-

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Pathos-

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Logos-