Thursday, February 14, 2013

Birmingham rhetorical device scavenger hunt

1.Litotes: A trope in which one makes a deliberate understatement for emphasis.

While confined here in a Birmingham jail .. paragraph 1 Crystal group 2
“Of course there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience” – group 3 pg 266 paragraph 6

2.Anaphora: A scheme in which the same word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences.

“They have left their… They have gone down… They have carved a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment” (Page 272- Paragraph 3)
“But when you…” (repeated for at least 9 times) (page 264, paragraph 14, line 5)
3.Epistrophe: A scheme in which the same word is repeated at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences.

“But despite these notable exceptions. I must honestly reiterate that I have been disappointed with the church. I do not say this as one of those negative critics who can always find something wrong with the church. I say this as …”
-Bottom of page 270

4.Antithesis: A scheme that makes use of contrasting words, phrases, sentences, or ideas for emphasis (generally used in parallel grammatical structures).

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”  P. 262 paragraph 4
Dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding of brotherhood.”
Pg 263 paragraph 10
5.Parallelism: Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.

“But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mother and father, at will and drown your sister and brother at whim” pg 264  para.14
6.Juxtaposition: A comparison by contrast, usually structural similar

7.Periodic Sentence: A sentence, characterized by the suspension of the completion of sense until its end.

“ I have almost reached … a more convenient season.” Page 267 Paragraph 2 second sentence


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