Issue writing

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Contention

First point

Example

State how your example proves your

contention.

Repeat with a second point and example

Coda

Let’s watch the video

What do we notice about this repetition?

Help me if you can, I'm feeling

down

And I do appreciate you being round.

Help me, get my feet back on the

ground,

Won't you please, please help me?

Anphora

Repetition of the same word or

phrase at the start of successive

clauses or lines.

Pronunciation: ah-NAF-oh-rah

Anaphora

“There is freedom within, there is freedom withoutTry to catch the deluge in a paper

cup.”(Crowded House, “Don’t Dream It’s Over)

Anaphora in Dr Suess

I do not like them in a house.I do not like them with a mouse.I do not like them here or there.I do not like them anywhere.I do not like green eggs and ham.I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

Make Your Own

Create two examples of your own of

anaphora

It’s doesn’t have to make a whole lot

of sense; it just needs to start with

the same words.

Metaphor vs. SimileWhat is the difference?

Simile

Two different things are compared

to add meaning, or

to make it memorable

Simile

Look for comparing words, like and

as.

Pronunciation: SIM-i-lee

Simile

"Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep."(Carl Sandburg)

Simile

"He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food."(Raymond Chandler)

How obvious was the man Raymond Chandler is talking about?

Make Your Own Simile

1. Mr O’Meara’s classes are an

exciting as...

2. The sky was like...

3. He stood like a...

So how is metaphor different?

Metaphor

"The streets were a furnace, the sun an executioner."(Cynthia Ozick, "Rosa," 1983)

"Men's words are bullets, that their enemies take up and make use of against them."(George Savile, Maxims of State, 1692)

Metaphor

We say one thing IS another.

Show that they have something

important in common

Pronunciation: MET-ah-for

Metaphor

“The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas”The Highwayman – Alfred Noyes

Make Your Own Metaphor

1. Mr O’Meara’s classes are...

2. The sky was...

3. He was a...

Metaphor or simile?

The rain fell like nails. At the end of the day, his sleep was

a coma. The breeze was like a gentle kiss. This bread is stone. This bread is like stone. This bread is hard. He slept like the dead. The moon was a light 75 watt light

bulb

What is antithesis?

“The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”

Antithesis

Juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in

one sentence or phrase.

Pronunciation: an-TITH-uh-sis

Antithesis

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness...”Charles Dickens – The Tale of Two Cities

Antithesis

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."(Martin Luther King, Jr., speech at St. Louis, 1964)

Make Your Own Antithesis

1. It was the best day...

2. He was a foolish boy...

And that will do for today