The Biggest Stage on Earth
Grammar: Rhetorical structures — tricolon, anaphora, antithesis, periodic sentences
A Level 6 English lesson exploring business.
What's in this lesson
A Level 6 (proficiency) ESL lesson on business, practising rhetorical structures — tricolon, anaphora, antithesis, periodic sentences. The worksheet has a reading, target vocabulary, a grammar reference with practice and discussion questions.
From the reading: The Biggest Stage on Earth
At the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, BYD — a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer that most Western consumers had never heard of — placed its logo on every pitchside LED board in every stadium. Not because BYD had a long history with football. Not because its cars were sold in Qatar. But because four billion people were watching, and four billion people were an audience no television campaign, no social media budget, no billboard in Times Square could replicate. The arithmetic was brutally simple: spend now, be known forever.
Vocabulary
- brutally simple
- calculated gesture
- coveted audience
- orchestrated ambush
Grammar: Rhetorical Structures
- Tricolon
- It rewards the most alert, the most creative, the most willing to move. — three parallel units, rising emphasis
- Anaphora
- Not because BYD had history. Not because its cars were sold there. — repeated opening phrase builds rhythm
Discussion questions
- What is the best advertisement you have ever seen?
- Should sport and commercial branding be kept separate?
- Which country do you think markets itself most effectively to the world?
The Biggest Stage on Earth
Grammar: Rhetorical structures — tricolon, anaphora, antithesis, periodic sentences
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