framework for explaining:

  • device
  • description
  • example

and if in a club refering to someones device

  • device
  • description
  • example
  • example from meeting

Aliteration:

  • repetition of the first consonant for emphasis and rythmn
  • tonight’s technically termendous

Anaphora:

  • repetition of word of phrase at beginning of successive sentence
  • we will fight them on the beaches; we will fight them on the landing grounds; we will fight them in the fields & on the streets

“up there with churcill is our very own …”

Antithesis:

  • placing 2 contrasting ideas in parallel structure
  • “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times”

Epistrophe:

  • repetition of word of phrase at beginning of successive sentence
  • government of the people, by the people, for the people (abraham lincoln) (does anyone know who said that ?)

Metaphor:

  • comparison between two unrelated things suggesting they are related in some way

“metaphorically we have our very own shakespeare in … “

?? which rhetorical device has two different meanings from same word ??

Hyperbole:

  • exaggeration for emphasis or dramatic effect
  • “probably the best example of hyperbole ive ever heard is…. “

Synechdoch:

  • part to represent the whole or the whole to represent the part
  • ..

Mentonymy:

  • using an associated thing to represent another thing
  • the CROWN will decide
  • the WHITE HOUSE issued a statement

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