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Literary Studies 11Style Choices - using rhetorical devices to strengthen and make your writing more interesting. Rhetorical questionCan we really expect the school to keep paying from its limited resources?3. Parallel structuresTo show kindness is praiseworthy; to show hatred is evil.4. Sound patternsAlliteration: Callous, calculating cruelty – is this what we must expect?Assonance: A fine time we all had, too.5. Contrast/juxtapositionSometimes we have to be cruel to be kind.6. Imagery (i.e. using metaphor, simile and personification, metonymy)While we wait and do nothing, we must not forget that the fuse is already burning.7. The ‘rule of three’I ask you, is this fair, is it right, is it just?8. Repetition Evil minds will use evil means.9. Hyperbole (using exaggeration for effect)While we await your decision, the whole school holds its breath.10. Anecdote - An anecdote is a short and interesting story taken from a person's past experience - or that of someone they know or have heard about11. Ironic understatement - the act or an instance of understating, or representing in a weak or restrained way that is not borne out by the facts: The journalist wrote that the earthquake had caused some damage. This turned out to be a massive understatement of the devastation.12. Descriptive detail – using sensory detail to describe something vividly. 13. Paradox – a contradictory statement that on some level is true: “The pen is mightier than the sword.”14. Idiom - a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., raining cats and dogs, I can see the light ).15. tone – formal, informal, humorous, sarcasm, satirical? 16. allusions – reference to Bible, literature, mythology, and/or history17. Sentence structure – a variety used for effect: Short ones to make a strong point. Or a longer one to be descriptive. 18. Devices: metaphor, simile, personification19. Emotive and Descriptive language: using sensory detail to describe something vividly: Imagine being cast out into the street, cold, lonely and frightened.More examples: Examples of descriptive writing that engages the senses:The job was exciting and busy with many activities throughout the day.My day awoke with the promise of endless possibilities and I knew the quick passage of time ahead of me was a certainty with my new responsibilities at work.I could hear the children laughing as they played in the garden.The sounds of the children’s laughter echoed throughout the garden, their play bringing imaginary worlds to life. I was afraid to admit my mistake.Fear coursed through my veins as I contemplated letting the world know, that it was I who erred, it was I who let this happen. ................
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