Syntax
SyntaxSeptember 21Consider:Brother, continue to listen.You say that you are sent to instruct us how to worship the Great Spirit agreeably to his mind; and, if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach, we shall be unhappy hereafter. You say that you are right and we are lost. How do we know this to be true?Chief Red Jacket, “Chief Red Jacket Rejects a Change of Religion.”Discuss:The words you say are repeated several times in the sentence. What is the repetition’s function?The question at the end of the passage is a rhetorical question. What attitude toward the audience is expressed by the use of a rhetorical question?Apply:Write a three-sentence paragraph modeled after Chief Red Jacket’s passage. The first two sentences should contain repetition; the third sentence should be a rhetorical question. Your topic is school uniforms. Share your sentence with the class.Answers:Chief Red Jacket repeats the words you say to mark a refutation and to emphasize the words. Everything that follows the you say is denied. The conscious repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs is called anaphora. Functions of anaphora vary: emphasis, irony, and/or refutation of what follows.A rhetorical question is one for which no answer is expected. The answer is assumed. In the case the answer is obvious: we cannot know this to be true. The rhetorical question reinforces the refutation of the anaphora and conveys a clear feeling of mistrust for the audience. ................
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