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OpenStudy (anonymous):

PLEASE HELP ME What rhetorical devise are these?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

???? what do you need help with, here? =)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What rhetorical devise are these? @CountryGurl15

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Um idk what you mean sorry =)

OpenStudy (bee_see):

The first one is antithesis. http://facstaff.bloomu.edu/jtomlins/rhetorical_devices.htm

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok thank you fo you know any more?

OpenStudy (bee_see):

The 2nd one, I have a dream, could be an allusion to MLK's speech.

OpenStudy (bee_see):

An allusion is a reference.

OpenStudy (bee_see):

I'm not sure about the 3rd one. Do you have a list that your teacher gave you?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

one sec

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I think its out of these she didnt give me a list but this would help: http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-rhetorical-devices.html

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Hyperbole - an exaggeration - I have done this a thousand times.?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

or Litotes - makes an understatement by denying the opposite of a word that may have been used - The terms of the contract are not disagreeable to me.?

OpenStudy (bee_see):

complex question

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I think Litotes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thank you for your help though

OpenStudy (bee_see):

Well, reading on Litotes, it has to have negatives.

OpenStudy (bee_see):

http://literarydevices.net/litotes/

OpenStudy (bee_see):

http://grammar.about.com/od/c/g/complqueterm.htm

OpenStudy (bee_see):

A hyperbole is when you REALLY exaggerate, It's basically an extreme kind of exaggeration.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks

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