rare);metaphor‚ metonymy‚ irony; polysemy‚ zeugma and pun‚ interjections and exclamatory words‚ oxymoron; simile‚ periphrasis‚ euphemism‚ hyperbole. Syntactical EM: logical and emotional emphasis such as compositional (stylistic inversion‚ detached constructions‚ parallel construction‚ chiasmus‚ repetition‚ enumeration‚ suspense‚ climax‚ antithesis); particular (asyndeton‚ polysyndeton‚ the "Gap-Sentence" link; ellipsis‚ break-in-the-narrative‚ question-in-the-narrative‚ represented speech); rhetorical
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Rhetorical Device Definition When to use or Example Hyperbole Rhetorical exaggeration. Hyperbole is often accomplished via comparisons‚ similes‚ and metaphors. Make a point strongly. Makes the reader snap to attention and foucus. Demonstrates the difference between two things. Caution it is overused and can weaken writing if not used carefully. Do not use to avoid using actual figures or just fill up space Understatement A rhetorical form in which the force of a descriptive statement is less
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writing‚ ‘besides that he wore glasses. He was nearly blind in his left eye.’ However‚ this is ironic‚ showing Scout’s naivety as Atticus has great moral courage. Lee introduces the situation of the mad dog‚ Tim Johnson descriptively. The opening sentence ‘Tim Johnson was advancing at a snail’s pace‚ but he was not playing or sniffing at foliage’‚ first uses a metaphor to create a sense of slow movement‚ and the fact that he was not ‘playing or sniffing at foliage’ suggests that Tim Johnson is behaving
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Effective Sentences and Word Choice Fragments‚ Run-On‚ Parallel Structure‚ String/Wordy Sentences‚ Colorful Language‚ Denotation & Connotation‚ All types of Figurative Language (all) 2.3 Parallel vs. Non Parallel 2.5 Wordy Sentence Chart 2.6 Be Specific‚ choose vivid verbs‚ include strong‚ precise modifiers 2.7 Denotation/Connotation…be ready to identify 2.8 Similes‚ Metaphors‚ Personification Extra… Alliteration‚ Hyperbole‚ Oxymoron‚ Idioms‚ Overstatements/Understatements Sentence Variety
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What I Have Lived for ---Bertrand Russell Three passions‚ simple but overwhelmingly strong‚ have governed my life: the longing for love‚ the search for knowledge‚ and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions‚ like great winds‚ have blown me hither and thither‚ in a wayward course‚ over a deep ocean of anguish‚ reaching to the verge of despair. I have sought love‚ first‚ because it brings ecstasy --- ecstasy so great that I would have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few
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* Conditional Sentences * Factual Conditionals -Absolute‚ Scientific Results * If + verb word ‚ verb word (bare infinitive) * If water freezes‚ it becomes a solid. * Factual Conditionals -Absolute‚ Scientific Results * If orange blossoms are exposed to very cold temperatures‚ they wither and die. * If the trajectory of a satellite is slightly off at launch‚ it gets worse as the flight progresses. * Factual Conditionals – Probable Results for the Future * If
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SENTENCE: A group of words which expresses a complete thought. A sentence must contain a subject and a finite verb. There are four types of sentences: (1).STATEMENTS (2). QUESTIONS (3). EXCLAMATIONS (5). COMMANDS (IMPERATIVES) Sentences can be classified as simple sentences‚ compound sentences‚ or complex sentences. A Sentence may be divided into a subject [ (who or what?)- the word that follows the subject is
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This Piece of Writing Deserves a Level 7 It’s simple. I have worked my fingers to the bone to bring you this wonderful piece of writing that will most definitely be worthy of a level seven. I will use varied sentence length‚ pairs‚ sets of three‚ quotations‚ metaphors‚ similes and many more rhetorical devices to create a piece which you will not be able to take your eyes away from. You see Mr. Deane; this writing is like a magnificent and stunning cake – something which you cannot take your eyes
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nervous condition which is expressed by the epithets: ‘nervous’‚ ‘an atmosphere of subdued expectancy’‚ ‘keenly conscious’; similes: ‘as if he were sitting on a powder-magazine ’. To show the atmosphere after Speed’s confusion with the names‚ the author uses rhetorical exclamatory sentence‚ even with inversion in it. And then goes Speed’s flashback to his past. Elliptical sentence (‘in hot
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15. Polysyndeton is the use of a conjunction between each word‚ phrase‚ or clause‚ and is thus structurally the opposite of asyndeton. The rhetorical effect of polysyndeton‚ however‚ often shares with that of asyndeton a feeling of multiplicity‚ energetic enumeration‚ and building up. * They read and studied and wrote and drilled. I laughed and played and talked and flunked. Use polysyndeton to show an attempt to encompass something complex: * The water‚ like a witch’s oils‚ / Burnt green
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