Litotes

It was a depressing day with sinister wind. Timidly, I sat in the classroom as I waited for George (our ELA teacher) to pass out our midterm exam sheets. I expected the score to be acceptable, since I was not an idler (litotes). I clutched the paper tightly and flipped over the corner to glimpse at my grade. My hands flinched with agony the moment I saw the jeering score: thirty-three. This was the most terrible score I have witnessed in my entire school life! It seemed blissful in taunting me

literary term used to depict words within a sentence that are being compared, but are two completely different concepts. 23. Apostrophe is a term used to signify when a person is being addressed, but is not present in the current situation. 25. Litotes is a term using to examine an understatement using two negative words. For example, a person may say “not that bad” for something that is “pretty good”. 28. Synesthesia is a literary term used to describe a word using senses. For example, some people

Context influences how an individual invests themselves into discovery, and how transformative it may be, based upon their presence or absence of agency. The notion that discoveries have the power to be transformative because of the way they confront/challenge established assumptions and beliefs in a way prompts new understandings and insights. Che Guevara's memoir "The Motorcycle Diaries", published in 1993, recounts his discovery of the injustices of social and political inequality within his cultural

intricate web of parallels between parent and author and between child and book--both relationships of creator to creation. This use of metaphor allows the reader to relate emotionally to Bradstreet’s situation. In line seven, we see the uses of litotes, “At thy return my blushing was not small,” to express the depth of her embarrassment. She also uses metonymy in line eight to express her pain more clearly, “My rambling brat (in print) should mother call.” The simile used in line nine stresses her

In the story Beowulf, many different ideas can be extracted. It envelopes lineage which was crucial in the Anglo-Saxon period. It also envelopes kennings, litotes, and alliteration which was crucial to the formatting of the story. Most importantly it involves various themes. These themes include loyalty, generosity, reputation, and revenge. Themes are a vital part of a story and Beowulf in particular involves many. Loyalty is an extremely important trait one could have. It involves trust, courage

Original Answer: C a. Other options did not fit; used process of elimination and thought irony worked best b. Correct Answer: B; litotes is the negative/inverse of something, which is what Nick was trying to say 47. Original Answer: D a. Stories about his old life/background may make people feel bad for Gatsby b. Correct Answer: A; there are a few references about God that help explain

Quotation What the Text Says (Paraphrase or Summarize) Style/Rhetorical Choices What the text DOES (effect or function) "Lieutenant Cross kept to himself. He pictured Martha's smooth young face, thinking he loved her more than anything, more than his men, and now Ted Lavender was dead because he loved her so much and could not stop thinking about her" (O'Brien 6). Due to Cross's obsession with Martha, he blames himself with the death of Ted Lavender. He was distracted from his duties

I had qualms at first about how exactly to complete a task such as this, being that my experience with this type of writing is limited at best. However, I will confess there is much fun to be found in the fanciful wordplay. Not only are we asked to fill in a piece of the story, requiring knowledge of the plot line at this point in the story, but the task also prompts a deeper understanding of the literary devices and influences present in this style of writing. A task of this nature not only familiarizes

introduces an apostprophé, “you,” revealing the speaker’s motivation for writing. “Even losing you,” she says, provides evidence that “the art of losing’s not too hard to master” (16, 15.) The purpose of the poem builds up to the final stanza, with a litotes understating the severity of loss in an ironic sentiment, saying, “Even losing you…I shan’t have lived. It’s evident / the art of losing’s not too hard to master” (18.) The speaker narrows the focus of the poem till she directly addresses the addressee

school as white children. You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man. Why black kids cant get proper education It was not the smartest idea, but they migrated to the unknown with the hope of a better life. (Litotes) Most white people continued to discriminate against African Americans. Black people continued lining the mortal’s death and dying the immortal’s life. (Chiasmus) During the second half of the 19th century, a lot of terrorist groups were created