Female Dominated Group ( oh yeah)

1. Female Dominated Group( oh yeah) Amelia, Emily, Alicia, Alisha, & Casey PRESENTS:

2. Climax Definition:Climax:consists of arranging words, clauses, or sentences in the order of increasing importance, weight, or emphasis. Parallelism usually forms a part of the arrangement, because it offers a sense of continuity, order, and movement-up the ladder of importance.

3. Examples:1) The concerto was applauded at the house of Baron von Schnooty, it was praised highly at court, it was voted best concerto of the year by the Academy, it was considered by Mozart the highlight of his career, and it has become known today as the best concerto in the world. 2) At 6:20 a.m. the ground began to heave. Windows rattled; then they broke. Objects started falling from shelves. Water heaters fell from their pedestals, tearing out plumbing. Outside, the road began to break up. Water mains and gas lines were wrenched apart, causing flooding and the danger of explosion. Office buildings began cracking; soon twenty, thirty, forty stories of concrete were diving at the helpless pedestrians panicking below. 3) To have faults is not good, but faults are human. Worse is to have them and not see them. Yet beyond that is to have faults, to see them, and to do nothing about them. But even that seems mild compared to him who knows his faults, and who parades them about and encourages them as though they were virtues. Miss America was not so much interested in serving herself as she was eager to serve her family, her community, and her nation.

4. Literary Examples1) But we glory also in tribulations, knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience trial; and trialhope; and hope confoundeth not, because the charity of God is poured forth in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost, who is given to us. —St. Paul2) One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. – Tennyson, Ulysses3) In Cinderella, the climactic moment of the plot occurs when Cinderella fits her foot into the glass slipper, thereby “winning” marriage with the Prince. In many stories, there are several points in the plot which are plausible crises.

5. Enthymeme • An informally-stated syllogism which omits either one of the premises or the conclusion. • Basically, a part of the sentence is implied, not given. • The omitted part must be clearly understood.

6. Examples: • Since your application was submitted before April 10th, it will be considered. • Omitted premise (major): All applications submitted before April 10th will be considered • Ed is allergic to foods containing peanut oil, so he cannot have some salad dressings. • Omitted premise (minor) some salad dressings contain peanut oil

7. Epanelepsis DEFINITION: Epanelepsis repeats the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end. The beginning and the end are the two positions of strongest emphasis in a sentence, so by having the same word in both places, you call special attention to it.

8. EXAMPLES: • Water alone dug this giant canyon; yes just plain water • The theory sounds all wrong; but if the machine works, we cannot worry about theory. • Our eyes saw it, but we could not believe our eyes. • To report that your committee is still investigating the matter is to tell me that you have nothing to report.

9. LITERARY EXAMPLES: • “ Freedom, high day, freedom”- Shakespeare, The Tempest 2.2.194 • “ A lie begets a lie”- English Proverb • “Believe not all you can hear, tell not all you believe.”- Native American Proverb • “To each the boulders that have fallen to each.”- Robert Frost “Mending Wall” • “Laugh, and all the world will laugh.” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

10. Catachresis: Definition: is a harsh, implied metaphor using words in an unusual way.

11. Examples: • I will speak daggers to her • I will laser-tongue her • I will speak flowers to her

12. Literary Examples • "A man that studies revenge keeps his own wounds green."--Bacon • "His complexion is perfect gallows"--Shakespeare, (Tempest 1.1.33) • "And that White Sustenance--Despair"--Dickinson • "The voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses" --e.e. Cummings

13. Rhetorical Question A rhetorical question is a question asked for a purpose other than to obtain the information the question asks. (In other words a question requiring no answer.)

14. Examples of “Rhetorical Question” • *Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii? • *If a cow laughed, would milk come out her nose? • *Why is it when your driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio? • *If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day 365 days a year why are there locks on the doors? • *You know that little indestructible black box that is used in planes, why can’t they make the whole plane of that same substance? • *You know how on most packages it says “Open Here.” What’s the protocol if the package says “Open Somewhere Else”?

15. Quiz • The concerto was applauded at the house of Baron von Schnooty, it was praised highly at court, it was voted best concerto of the year by the Academy, it was considered by Mozart the highlight of his career, and it has become known today as the best concerto in the world. • Since your application was submitted before April 10th, it will be considered. • Water alone dug this giant canyon; yes just plain water • I will speak flowers to her

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17. Bibliography • Untermeyer, Louis . Modern American poetry: an introduction. New York: : Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1919. • A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices. 26 July 2002. VirtualSalt . 1 Apr. 2003 <http://http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.ht>. • A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples. Kentucky Classics. 1 Apr. 2003 <http://http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/rhetoric.html>. • Use of Rhetorical Devices.. 1998. 30 Mar. 2003 <http://http://www.megabrands.com/carroll/faq3.html>.