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  • "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind," is an example of?
    Antithesis
  • A question asked for effect
    Rhetorical question
  • What can parallelism add to an argument?
    can add balance, rhythm, and emphasis
  • TRUE or FALSE: Personification is a rhetorical device
    TRUE
  • I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is an example of?
    Epistrophe
  • Give an example of a rhetorical question?
    Answers will vary
  • Where can I find examples of parallelism?
    Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address/JFK's Inaugural Address
  • a direct or indirect reference to something from history; the Bible; a very well known event, place, or person; a literary work; a movie etc.
    Allusion
  • TRUE or FALSE: Personification is figurative language
    TRUE
  • Give an example of a SIMILE
    Answers will vary
  • Parallelism often occurs with...
    anaphora and epistrophe
  • He was a real Romeo with the ladies.
    Allusion
  • Giving human traits to non-living objects
    Personification
  • What is an example of Anaphora?
    MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech/ Winston Churchill's speech
  • Is the sky blue?
    Rhetorical question
  • What are two forms of repetition?
    Anaphora and Epistrophe
  • True or false: epistrophe is the repetiton of words at the beginning of a line
    FALSE
  • The use of repeated grammatical structures
    Parallelism
  • Antithesis means...?
    Putting two contrasting elements together
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