Literary Devices
Argumentative Strategies
Structural Organization and Content
100
There is repetition in one of the paragraphs. Describe this repetition.
What is paragraph 14. "I like... I like etc."
100
Identify the argumentative strategy of the following quote: "Two weeks without reading a paper! It doesn't seem possible."
What is appeal to common belief.
100
The essay is an argumentative or persuasive essay with a slant.
What is a persuasive essay with a comparative & contrast slant.
200
Identify an example of hyperbole or an overstatement in the essay.
What is paragraph 2. "A small forest must have been cut down to provide the newsprint for all the papers I've read."
200
Maracle use of more harsher/critical language in paragraph 2 "I realize I don't miss the petty sensationalism, the staged events, the obsession with celebrities and the filler copy that passes for news" is an example of what type of argumentative strategy?
What is use of ad hominem.
200
What is the primary function of the first few paragraphs?
What is contextual.
300
Identify an example of a metaphor in the text.
What is paragraph 6. "I will continue, instead, to use my computer as a glorified typewriter and I don't care if I ever get back onto the information highway."
300
Identify an example of the strategy of appealing to common belief in paragraph 6.
What is "So, in spite of all the dire warnings about how people who are not 'plugged in' will be left behind in the coming revolution..."
300
Define and Find: Transition Paragraph
Shifts the focus of the argument. Paragraph 9
400
Identify the literary device of the following quotation in paragraph 11 "After forty years of living under street lights, I am especially thrilled by the nighttime sky. Every night before I go to bed I stand in the darkness and stare in awestruck wonder at a universe of dazzling lights twinkling and the infinite blackness."
What is imagery.
400
When the author understands the value in a close community setting in paragraphs 13 and 14, which argumentative strategy does Maracle utilize?
What is use of anecdote.
400
Identify the tone of the essay
What is contemplative.
500
The fact that Maracle had once been a CBC radio broadcaster and a reporter for the Globe and Mail then finds himself finding value in 'losing touch with the outside world' is an example of what literary device?
What is situational irony.
500
Maracle reinforces the idea that the immediate community is more satisfying than the global one in paragraph 15. Identify this argumentative strategy of the author's appeal to emotion.
What is "I love the warmth and security that comes from the feeling of being wrapped in a sheltering cocoon of family and community.
500
"So maybe I am losing touch with the outside world. But I don't miss it at all. Not one little bit."
What is the thesis.
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