Litotes

Albert Camus uses the main narrator, Rieux, to show the context of the novel and the effects of the plague on the townspeople. In the beginning of the novel the townspeople do not see the plague as a problem, Camus does this is order to create a litotes in the novel. The plague show the hardships that one must go through in order to be content with life. Not only does it act as an antagonist but also as a new beginning. When

A powerful speech is the first step into engaging an audience through rhetorical strategies, it is also the stepping stone into introducing a way of thoughts, emotions and beliefs on an audience. When Barack Obama spoke to the Graduation Class of 2005 at Knox College, he used these strategies in more ways than one to engage the thoughts of those who attended the event. His credibility of being a senator not only strengthened his argument through Ethos but it made his emotional connection and logical

The Sin of Pride Exposed in King Lear, and The Duchess of Malfi   In this brief monograph, we shall be hunting down and examining various creatures from the bestiary of Medieval/Renaissance thought. Among these are the fierce lion of imperious, egotistical power, a pair of fantastic peacocks, one of vanity, one of preening social status, and the docile lamb of humility. The lion and the peacocks are of the species known as pride, while the lamb is of an entirely different, in fact antithetical

exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect. * Irony The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. A statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea. * Litotes A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite. Activity 1 Direction: Match the following idiomatic expressions to their corresponding meanings 1. Back To Square One A very loud

In the play, An Inspector Calls, the character of Eric is presented in a myriad of ways. When the audience is first introduced to Eric, he is proven to be juvenile and ignorant - shown by his nonchalance towards his sister’s marriage and Birling’s advice. As the play develops however, it become clear that this most likely was inherited from his parents, who don’t even acknowledge the existence of the working class as being human beings. In Birling’s factory, the working class are de-humanised as

Rhetorical Devices Style is part of classical rhetoric and a number of rhetorical devices are worth considering in any analysis of style. For the analysis of literature a knowledge of rhetorical devices is indispensable, since there is often a considerable density of rhetorical figures and tropes which are important generators and qualifiers of meaning and effect. This is particularly the case in poetry. Especially the analysis of the use of imagery is important for any kind of literary text. (For

this is the opposite of what he says because he kicks her out of her living space after six month and leaves her on the streets again. The use of the verb “cry” suggests Gerald was trying to show that he did something prodigious, this is the use of litotes. This quote represents Gerald as being naive because he just assumed that she was dismal and lonesome. In the stage directions the author used the verb “hesitatingly”. This advocates that he was re-thinking what he was trying to say so he didn’t

government don 't consider the common citizen a human being, but rather a numerical value or worth. Also, although there is no negativity told of the citizen in question, the compliments seem rather petty and are told so through the excessive use of litotes and double-negatives. Some examples include: 'no official complaint '; 'never got fired '; and 'he never interfered '. In this lack of economic writing, the narrator, presumably a businessman or bureaucrat, describes this citizen with insignificant

Extension Seminar Paper Texts in this module are related to a particular historical period and the diverse philosophy they offer are significant to an understanding of the ways of thinking during that period. To what extent (comment on the effect/success of this) is this statement evident in The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1963) by John LeCarre and Another Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd? From the time of dropping of the atomic bombs on Japanese

I stand on a dining room chair so I can reach the wide-mouthed bowl’s opening. My mother stands over my shoulder, watching my movements and holding my waist so I don’t fall. On the counter sits a large jar of off-brand peanut butter, waiting to be added to the buttery cookie dough. A perfect moment captured of a mother and daughter baking. The truth, however, is that in about two and a half minutes, my mother and I will be coated in a thick layer of flour, blown up by the spinning of the stand mixer