Today we need to discuss Walden and Rhetorical Devices. We also need to finish reading Emerson's "Self-Reliance". On Friday you will write a precis on "Self-Reliance" in class, and next week you will have an in-class analysis essay on Thoreau.
We need to start to discuss some examples of rhetorical devices in Walden.
Anaphora -
“We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender.” (Winston Churchill)
Apart from the function of giving prominence to certain ideas, the use of anaphora in literature adds rhythm, thus making it more pleasurable to read, and easier to remember. As a literary device, anaphora serves the purpose of giving artistic effect to passages of prose and poetry.
As a rhetorical device, anaphora is used to appeal to the emotions of the audience, in order to persuade, inspire, motivate, and encourage them.
Allusion (everywhere).
parallelism
parables, aphorisms, symbols, diction and syntax.
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