Today in class I analyzed a poem. We started with inferring what the poem is going to be about from the title. Next we read the poem twice. Once just to get a feel, the second to try and break the poem down. After this we found the setting, and identified rhetorical devices. We also defined any words we weren’t familiar with. We summarized the poem and found the theme of the poem. Lastly we inferred the outcome of the actions in the poem.
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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