Rhetorical Devices
Identify the device:
"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil."
Chiasmus
What is the definition of the word "flummox"?
to confuse; to confound, bewilder or baffle.
Which character is described in the quote below?
"He was a small, skinny boy, his chin pointed, and his eyes so bright they had deceived Ralph into thinking him delightfully gay and wicked. The coarse mop of black hair was long and swung down, almost concealing a low, broad forehead. He wore the remains of shorts and his feet were bare like Jack’s."
Simon
Identify the philosopher:
"Men, accustomed from their infancy to the inclemency of the weather, and to the rigour of the different seasons; inured to fatigue, and obliged to defend, naked and without arms, their life and their prey against the other wild inhabitants of the forest, or at least to avoid their fury by flight, acquire a robust and almost unalterable habit of body."
Rousseau
What Shakespeare play are we reading in the spring?
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Identify the device:
"But in every other light, and from every other cause, is war inglorious and detestable." - Thomas Paine
Anastrophe
What is the definition of the word "banal"?
lacking originality, freshness, or novelty; trite
Identify the device:
At midday the illusions merged into the sky and there the sun gazed down like an angry eye.
Personification
Identify the philosopher:
"Was there no one to lull my distress, to tum the fleeting beauty of these new-found attractions to good purpose and set up a goal for their charms, so that the high tide of my youth might have rolled in upon the shore of marriage?"
St. Augustine
What summer 2024 sequel film grossed $652,980,194 at the box office?
Inside Out 2
Identify the device:
"We love our families more than our neighbors; we love our neighbors more than our countrymen in general." - Alexander Hamilton
Anadiplosis
What is the definition of the word "mercurial"?
subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mind or mood
What is the name of the boy that Jack ties up to the delight of Roger?
Wilfred
Which philosophers have what would be considered a "low anthropology"?
Plato, Hobbes, Tolstoy, Augustine
What is the part of speech of the underlined word?
"The desire to squeeze and hurt was overmastering."
Adjectival Infinitive Phrase
Identify the device:
"The dull distinguish only races or nations, or at most classes, but the wise man, individuals." - Henry David Thoreau
Ellipsis
What is the definition of the word "galvanize"?
to shock or excite (someone) into taking action
DAILY DOUBLE
What is the full name of the boy who forgets his address?
Identify the philosopher:
" And from this diffidence of one another there is no way for any man to secure himself so reasonable as anticipation, that is, by force or wiles to master the persons of all men he can so long till he see no other power great enough to endanger him."
Hobbes
What is the part of speech of the underlined word?
Ralph, carried away by a sudden thick excitement, grabbed Eric's spear and jabbed at Robert with it.
Participle
Identify the device below:
"It was odd that my boss chose to fire so many people at the bowling alley. I have never seen so many bowling balls or heads roll." - Mr. Kelly
Syllepsis
What is the definition of the word "affected"?
artificial, pretentious, and put on for effect
Which boys see the parachutist before he goes out to sea?
Ralph, Jack, Simon, Roger, Sam, and Eric
Finish the quote:
"So that in the nature of man we find three principal causes of quarrel. First, competition; secondly, diffidence; thirdly, _____________."
"So that in the nature of man we find three principal causes of quarrel. First, competition; secondly, diffidence; thirdly, glory."
What is the part of speech of the underlined word?
"Long before Ralph and Piggy came up with Jack's lot, they could hear the party."
Subordinating Conjunction