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1
Confusing Pairs
3
An implicit comparison introduced by like or as. Often confused with a similar strategy beginning with M.
Simile
$100
A literary technique that relies on the use of the same sentence structures. Often confused with a strategy starting with R.
Parallelism
$200
An expression that has become ineffective through overuse. Often confused with a strategy beginning with I.
Cliche
$300
2
It’s All History
3
“Let us drive back the advance guard of civil and religious freedom; let us have more slave territory; let us build stronger the tyrant system of slavery in the great American Republic.”
Repetition
$200
You are all, I hope, merciful men: how else could you have devoted your lives to the service of our gentle Savior? (Saint Joan - George Bernard Shaw)
Rhetorical Question
$300
Certainty creates strength. Certainty gives one something upon which to lean. Uncertainty creates weakness. Uncertainty makes one tentative if not fearful, and tentative steps, even when in the right direction, may not overcome significant obstacles. (The Great Influenza - John M. Barry)
Juxtaposition
$100
3
Speech Strategies
3
"Twelve years earlier, he had kicked Mrs. parks off his bus simply because she entered through the front door when the back door was too crowded. He grabbed her sleeve and he pushed her off the bus. it made her mad enough, she would recall, that she avoided riding his bus for a while”
cause and effect
$100
“The boycott ended black men and women and children re boarded the buses of Montgomery Newly desegregated and sat in whatever seat happened to be open and with that victory, the entire edifice of segregation, like the ancient walls of Jericho, began to slowly come tumbling down”
simlie
$200
"And yet our minds fasten on that single moment on the bus- Mrs. Parks alone in that seat clutching her purse staring out the window waiting to be arrested."
Imagery
$300
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