Stylistic Devices

- It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness…” (Tale of two cities, DICKENS)

- “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” (JFK)

• Simile

• Anaphora

• Parallelism

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

- Is there a black sheep in your family?

- Love is a battlefield. (Pat Benatar)

• Simile

• Anaphora

• Metaphor

• Metonymy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The land belongs to the crown.

• Simile

• Connotation

• Example

• Metonymy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower. (Charles Schwab)

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. (Neil Armstrong)

• Paradox

• Anti-climax

• Antithesis

• Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

I must be cruel only to be kind" (Hamlet)

"The Sound of Silence" (Simon and Garfunkel, 1965)

• Paradox

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Simile