Today in class, we were reading the same book that we've had since last week. "Thank You for Arguing". We read chapter five by ourselves. After reading the chapter we summarized it, listed five main points of it, and told how we could use it in real life. After this we were given an example from the AP exam. We annotated the prompt and picked our positions.
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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