Style Analysis

"I remember it happened yesterday, or eternities ago. A young Jewish boy discovered the Kingdom of Night. I remember his bewilderment [...]" is an example of

• anaphora

• polysyndeton

• asyndeton

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"The refugees and their misery. The children and their fear. The uprooted and their hoplessness. Something must be done about their situation." is an example of

• epistrophe

• hyperbole

• asyndeton

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"This is what I say to the young Jewish boy wondering what I have done with his years. It is in his name that I speak to you and that I express my deepest gratitude as one who has emerged from the Kingdom of Night." is NOT an example of

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"Apartheid is in my view, as abhorrent as anti-Semitism. To me, Andrei Sakharov's isolation is as much a disgrace as Joseph Begun's imprisonment and Ida Nudel's exile. As is the denial of Solidarity and its leader Lech Walesa's right to dissent. And Nelson Mandela's interminable imprisonment." is an example of

• assonance

• consonance

• allusion

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"And yet, I sense their presence. I always do--and at this moment more than ever. The presence of my parents, that of my little sister. The presence of my teachers, my friends, my companions..." BEST exemplifies

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must--at that moment--become the center of the universe." BEST exemplifies

• logos

• pathos

• ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"Do I have the right to represent the multitudes who have perished? Do I have the right to accept this great honor on their behalf?" Combines which two stylistic choices effectively?

• rhetorical question & epistrophe

• rhetorical question & polysyndeton

• rhetorical question & asyndeton

• rhetorical question & anaphora

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

"And then I explain to him how naive we were, that the world did know and remained silent. And that is why I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim." does NOT exemplify which stylistic choice

• polysyndeton

• logos

• hyperbole

• ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"There is so much to be done, there is so much that can be done. One person -- a Raoul Wallenberg, an Albert Schweitzer, a Martin Luther King Jr.--one person of integrity can make a difference, a difference of life and death. As long as one dissident is in prison, our freedom will not be true. As long as one child is hungry, our life will be filled with anguish and shame" does NOT exemplify which technique?

• allusion

• pathos

• anaphora

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed." Is an example of

• alliteration

• metaphor

• epistrophe

• polysyndeton

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4