Final Flashcards
Devices needed on Part V
Anaphora Rhetorical Question Verbal Irony Repetition Antithesis Parallelism
Anaphora
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a successive clauses
“I listen to music when I wake up, I listen to music when I tie my tie, I listen to music in my car, I listen to music as I cook…”
Rhetorical Questions
Questions asked to make a point - Not to be answered
“Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?”
Repetition
Act of Repeating Something
Verbal Irony
Saying something but meaning something else
“Clear as dirt”
Antithesis
Two opposites introduced for contrasting effect
“Money is the root of all evils: poverty is the fruit of all goodness.”
Parallelism
Same pattern of words to show equal importance
“Mother was very busy gathering the laundry, dusting the furniture and washing the dishes.”
Tone
The mood of the poem
Rhyme Scheme
Ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of lines in a poem
Rhythm
Strong, regular pattern of movement or sound
Imagery
Visually descriptive or figurative language
“Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus, and we petty men walk under his huge legs and peep about to find ourselves dishonorable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fate.”
Cassius speaking to Brutus - Cassius would like Brutus to join his forces while he and the rest of the conspirators plan to assassinate Julius Caesar
“Cowards, die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, it seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come.”
Julius Caesar, talking to his wife Calphurnia - She has seen many bad omens and does not want Caesar to leave, but he knows he must go to the Capitol
“Let’s kill him boldly, but not wrathfully. Let’s carve him as a dish fit for the Gods, not hew him as a carcass fit for the hounds”
Brutus talking to the conspirators - He says their killing is not wrathful, rather heroic and beneficial to Rome
“He must be taught and trained and bid go forth - A barren-spirited fellow, one that feeds on objects, arts, and imitation which, out of use and staled by other men, began his fashion. Do not talk of him but as a property”
Antony talking to Octavius - About controlling Lepidus as a puppet because he is not as strong as a leader.