LITERARY DEVICES

RULE OF THREE, FACTS AND OPINIONS, AND IMAGERY

Presentation by: Abigail C., Asmitha, Astra,

Jennifer, Samrah and Sana
FACTS AND OPINIONS
WHAT IS A FACT?

• Fact - A fact generally refers to something that is true and can be verified as such. That is,
a fact is something that can be proven to be true.
Examples:
● The annual report confirms…
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● Scientists have recently discovered… show these sentences
are facts because they
● According to the results of the tests… can be verified
● The investigation demonstrated…
WHAT IS AN OPINION?

• Opinion - An opinion refers to a personal belief. It relates to how someone feels about something.
Others may agree or disagree with an opinion, but they cannot prove or disprove it. This is what defines
it as opinion
Examples:
● He claimed that…
● It is the officer’s view that…
● The report argues that…
● Many scientists suspect that…
 COMPARISON CHART
BASIS FOR COMPARISON FACT OPINION

Meaning Fact refers to something that can be verified or proved to be true. Opinion refers to a judgement or belief about something.

Based on Observation or research. Assumption or personal view.

What is it? Objective reality Subjective statement

Verification Possible Not possible

Represents Something really happened A perception about something

Change Universal Differs from person to person

Words Shown with unbiased words. Expressed with biased words.

Debatable No Yes

Influence Facts has the power to influence others. Opinion does not have the power to influence others.
RULE OF THREE
 Rule of three is a powerful technique that one should-

Learn, Practice and Master

RULES OF THREES

• The rule of three is a writing principle that suggests that a trio of events or characters
is more humorous, satisfying, or effective.
• The audience of this form of text is also thereby more likely to remember the
information conveyed because having three entities makes the sentence brief and
rhythmic with having the smallest amount of information to create a pattern.
 WHY USE THREE?

• There is just something magical about the rule of three - it offers a sense of completeness, a sense
of wholeness and a sense of roundness (see what i did there?) ,that feels more full in comparison
to just two or four.

• Christianity
• Famous / Well known people in history “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”
“Veni, vidi, vici” (I came, I saw, I conquered) [Julius Caesar]
• Movies & Books
“Friends, Romans, Countrymen. Lend me your ears.“ “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’
[Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar]
• Nursery rhymes
“We can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can The Three Little Pigs or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
not hallow — this ground.“ [Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg
Address]
• Societal Mottos
“Government of the people, by the people, for the people” “Stop, Drop, and Roll” - Fire safety motto
“Citius, Altius, Fortius” (Faster, Higher, Stronger) - Olympic motto

TWO MORE SPECIFIC TRIAD VARIANTS
Hendiatris
A figure of speech where three successive
words are used to express a central idea.
Examples :
“Veni, vidi, vici.” [Julius Caesar]
“Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité“ [French motto]
“Citius, Altius, Fortius” [Olympic motto]
“Wine, women, and song” [Anonymous]
The rule of three
describes triads of
all types — any
collection of three
related elements
Tricolon
A series of three parallel (words or phrases).
Examples : *In a strict tricolon, the elements
have the same length but this
“Veni, vidi, vici.” [Julius Caesar] condition is often put aside.
“Be sincere, be brief, be seated.” [Advice for
speakers from Franklin D. Roosevelt]
“Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our
nation – not because of the height of our
skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the
size of our economy.” [Barack Obama, Keynote
speech to, July 2004]
 HOW IS IT USED?
In Comedy
• A.K.A comic triple, and is one of the many comedic
devices regularly used by humorists, writers, and comedians.
• The third element of the triple is often used to create an
effect of surprise, and is usually the punch line of the joke
itself. It’s often paired with quick timing, ensuring that viewers
have less time to catch on to the pattern before the punch
line hits.
• Examples:
Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman
A blonde, a brunette, and a redhead
In Public Speaking
• Here ROT allows you to express concepts more
completely, emphasize your points, and increase the
memorability of your message.
• Examples:
Martin Luther King Jr., was known for his uses of tripling and
the rule of three throughout his many influential speeches. One
of his speech contained a binary opposition made up of the rule
of three: "insult, injustice and exploitation", followed a few lines
later by "justice, good will, and brotherhood”
"blood, toil, tears and sweat" (echoing Garibaldi and Theodore
Roosevelt) in popular recollection to "blood, sweat and tears“
[Winston Churchill’s]
 HOW IS IT USED?

In Fairytails In Law
• In storytelling, authors often create triplets or structures in • A common feature of legal documents which give
three parts. property or grant rights as drafted by legal
professionals perpetuates old English practice in which
• Examples:
the rule of three echoes the intended Act by the
Rumpelstiltskin spins thrice for the heroine and lets her guess varying restatement of the act in triplicate.
his name thrice over a period of three days.
• For example:
Three Little Pigs,
in a Will or Trust instrument the phrase "I give, devise
Three Billy Goats Gruff, and bequeath ..."
Three Musketeers. Usually (in court) a common example is quoted: "tell us
the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
IMAGERY
WHAT IS IMAGERY ?

• As a literary device, imagery consists of descriptive language that can function as a way
for the reader to better imagine the world of the piece of literature and also
add symbolism to the work. Imagery draws on the five senses, namely the details
of taste, touch, sight, smell, and sound. Imagery can also pertain to details about
movement or a sense of a body in motion (kinesthetic imagery) or the emotions or
sensations of a person, such as fear or hunger (organic imagery or subjective imagery).
Using imagery helps the reader develop a more fully realized understanding of the
imaginary world that the author has created.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE

These pictures ?
WRITE A PARAGRAPH USING IMAGERY, RULES OF THREE
AND FACT OR FICTION TO DESCRIBE THIS IMAGE.