1. METAPHOR SIMILE IMAGERY ALLITERATION ALLUSION ANTITHESIS RHYME RHETORICAL QUESTION REPETITION HYPERBOLE PARALLEL STRUCTURE PERSONIFICATION

2. METAPHOR- Asserts that one is the other thing (compares two different things) SIMILE- A comparison between two different things that resemble each other (uses like/as) IMAGERY- Language that creates pictures in our minds and excites our senses (taste, touch, etc.) ALLITERATION- Repetition of initial consonant sounds (Start everything with the same letter/sound. Ex. Big, Bad, Bold) ALLUSION- Making a reference to a person, place, or thing, usually something in history or literature ANTITHESIS- Specific contrasting of one term and its opposite (hot/cold)

3. RHYME- The repetition of sounds between words or syllables or the ends of lines of verse RHETORICAL QUESTION- Questions that you ask an audience- but don’t expect them to answer out loud REPETITION- Repeating of key words and phrases. “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” HYPERBOLE- To exaggerate, blow something out of proportion (I am so hungry I could eat a horse) PARALLEL STRUCTURE- The repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence. (Ellen likes to go hiking, biking, and kayaking.) PERSONIFICATION- Giving human characteristics to non-human things (The tree waved in the wind)

4. August 28, 1963 March on Washington Speech presented in front of the Lincoln Memorial Civil Disobedience: A symbolic, non-violent violation of the law, done deliberately in protest against some form of perceived injustice. The act must be nonviolent, open and visible, illegal, performed for the moral purpose of protesting an injustice, and done with the expectation of being punished. Children singing met by police dogs People marching/protesting sprayed with fire hoses

5. Scratch paper: Find 5 examples of any of the rhetorical devices. Write it out word for word. What does the speaker mean by “I have a dream”? How do the rhetorical devices make the speech more powerful?

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