We did our first group assignment today in class. I was assigned to group 2, and was every confident that we could do the assignment. We were assigned to the poem “ Refugees in America”. Once receiving the poem i was worried about the length of it. It is a very short poem with about 2 stanzas , and 8 lines. But the length wasn an advantage in the end. My role in the group was as summarizer. I had to summarize the text , list the key parts, and make a connection. This was one of the more easy roles that others.
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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