Emily Dickinson.
Today in mr reases class we didn’t do anything much. The people who weren’t here on friday did their test and the rest of us took notes on Emily Dickinson. Mr. rease wasn’t feeling very well yesterday, feel better soon.
Missing Work from 01/06 and 01/07
Rhetorical Devices Hyperbole- An over exaggeration -Examples: The lessons are so frustrating that I feel like my head is gonna explode. She is so fast they could beat the flash. The Cedar Grove Saints are so good that they could play with professional football plavers Understatement- A rhetorical form in which the force of a descriptive statement is less than what one would normally expect. Examples The meal was so close to being just like my mom's cooking. Our team's players aren't as tall as they seem. Litotes- emphasizes point by using a word opposite to the condition Examples It was not the warmest day of the year. The school day was not that good. I wasn't that tall. Antithesis-use of a contrast in language to bring out a contrast in ideas. Examples : We are caught in war, wanting peace. We are torn by division, wanting unity. Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is
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