Assignment 3: Blog Comment 2 - Rhetorical Devices

DUE: Before start of October 1st Class


Choose three of the following terms:

Exemplum    Metonymy       Rhetorical Question Epistrophe  Chiasmus  Anaphora Amplification     Ellipsis     Enthymeme    Litotes     Antithesis     Eponym Hypophora  Zeugma  Climax    Conduplicatio    Syllepsis    Conduplicatio Parallelism  Epithet       Epanalepsis      Isocolon      Assonance  Aporia Hyperbole   Polysyndeton  Catachresis     Appositive   Cacophony   Euphemism

1. Define each of your three rhetorical devices
2. Create two-three examples of each
3. Find a “literary” work (poem, essay, novella, film, graphic novel) that employs your three rhetorical devices. You might want to find three separate works, each employing ONE of the devices. Include the example and reference your source(s) (follow MLA style)
4. Analyse the effectiveness of the devices.

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