âFive miles meandering with mazy motionâ is an example of which device? Figurative Language PRACTICE âFive miles meandering with mazy motionâ is an example of which device?…

Week of 9/14/15-9/18/15 9/14/15 What is Close Reading? Looking at the Lens of Word Choice Do Now Silently grab a markerboard from the side of your desk. Get a marker from…

What are Rhetorical Strategies? What is rhetoric? And why bother studying it? âthe art of effective expression (speaking & writing) and the persuasive use of languageâ…

What are Rhetorical Strategies? What is rhetoric? And why bother studying it? âthe art of effective expression (speaking & writing) and the persuasive use of languageâ…

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another, using some connective word such as like, as, so, than, or a verb such as resembles. It is used to make…

Rhetorical Devices Rhetorical Devices 1 Alliteration the recurrence of initial consonant sounds The repetition can be juxtaposed (and then it is usually limited to two words):…