Today in AP American Literature we learned about formal and informal texts. Mr.Rease started by giving us a passage without a purpose. The class as a whole figured that the text could be about a robbery. Throughout the text we saw many key details on things a robber might take into consideration when robbing the house. Such as the jewelry the boys mom had. Others saw it as someone looking at key things to purchase the house. Such as the leaking roof in the boys room. I enjoyed this lesson over many others that we’ve done.
Today in class we learned about rhetorical devices. The first one we discussed was hyperbole, which is an exaggeration. The second was understatement. An understatement is the force of a descriptive statement that is less than what one would normally expect. Third we went over litotes, which are an emphasis on a point by using a word opposite to the condition. Fourth we learned antithesis, this makes use of a contrast in language to bring out a contrast in ideals. Lastly we were introduced to hypophora which is asking a question then proceeding to answer it.
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