Figures of Speech (Stylistic Devices) What are stylistic devices? In literature and writing, a figure of speech (also called stylistic device or rhetorical device) is the use of any of a variety of techniques to give an auxiliary meaning, idea, or feeling. Sometimes a word diverges from its normal meaning, or a phrase has a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it. Examples are metaphor, simile, or personification. Stylistic devices often provide emphasis, freshness
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not having a strong support to her evidence, losing that confidence by asking rhetorical questions, and not taking advantage of her resources. A reason why her argument was not that effective was because instead of making her argument strong she weakened it by asking rhetorical questions. Those questions in which she did not have the answers to it. Or let alone her answers to it weren’t well supported. Once the rhetorical question have been asked the reader should not have to stop and try to think
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APPENDIX: REPORT Dear Professor Miller, What follows is the report you requested on a possible speaker for the event that EU Business School will be hosting. After viewing various speakers’ presentations I have decided to analyze Noreena Hertz’s talk, “How to use Experts” in more depth. The purpose of this report is to demonstrate why Noreena Hertz is the right candidate to talk at the event. In my opinion Noreena Hertz is a very good speaker. This can be shown by analyzing her Ted Talk in
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Figurative Language The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, has quite a bit of figurative language, which contributes to its popularity. Examples include figures of speech, symbolism, allusions, imagery, similes, metaphors, personification and hyperboles. These elements are of my group’s interest. The first figurative language example I’d like to explain is the figure of speech. Lee uses many figures of speech throughout the book. One example which captured my interest was on when Atticus
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One rhetorical device Catt employs is syntax by using a compound sentence type. Furthermore, Catt creates a sentimental tone through detailing the hardships numerous women faced throughout generations. In addition, Catt employs parallelism in various sentences
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Comprehension Q1. Why, according to Rhode, are looks "the last bastion of acceptable bigotry? A1. According to Rhode, looks are not the last bastion of acceptable bigotry. Q2. Why does the government allow organizations to engage in appearance discrimination? A2. The government allows organizations to engage in appearance discrimination to indulge their own prejudices. Q3. What forms of discrimination do unattractive people face? A3. Unattractive people are less likely to be hired
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like to turn to… Now let’s look at/consider… I’ll now move on to my next point which is… Before I move on, does anyone have any questions/queries? © Oxford University Press 2012 No unauthorised photocopying 1 Describe the stages of a process Rhetorical questions (So) what can we learn from this? How should we interpret these figures/statistics? You’re probably asking yourselves what this all means. Setting guidelines for questions I’m happy to answer your questions at the end of my presentation
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puts the Americans on par with the other figures mentioned. Kennedy's use of short paragraphs, in some cases one-sentence paragraphs, allows him to not drag too long on one point. The appeal to a larger demographic can be made as he uses short rhetorical questions that can apply to anyone. This can be seen when discussing the call to unite against global enemies, he asks, "will you join us in this historic effort?" Long complex sentences are the norm in the speech. Contradictory statements like
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people to take care of children to offer training, professional support and generous financial package. It uses the heart to symbolise the love to take care of children and in the slogan beneath the heart, it uses second person narrative ‘you’ and Rhetorical question to make attention to audience to take care of children. It uses the layout of two columns to see the information clearly and easy to locate information and follow directions. Because of the language features and structures, the advertisement
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A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point. The question is used as a rhetorical device, posed for the sake of encouraging its listener to consider a message or viewpoint. Though these are technically questions, they do not always require a question mark. For example, the question "Can't you do anything right?" is asked not to gain information about the ability of the person being spoken to, but rather to insinuate that the person
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