1. Leads 2. It was a dark and stormy night. - Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford 3. It was a dark and stormy night. - Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time 4. Cliché a trite,…
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Rhetorical Devices Rhetorical Devices DEFINITION Rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)…
1. Rhetorical Devices 2. BALANCE 3. Parallelism is the presentation of several ideas of equal importance by putting each of them into the same kind of grammatical structure.…
Chapter 4 Writing for Effect Read the following letter. Dear Mr. Morley: Your December 3rd complaint was received and contents noted. After reviewing the facts, I regret…
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1. Masthead – The masthead in this magazine is not shown completely clearly, you can’t see all of the letters of “Vibe” because Usher is covering them. This doesn’t…