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Unit 8: Stylistic Choices and Sophistication
Quick questions on Rhetorical devices and schemes - AP English Language Unit 8
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What is decoration without purpose?Show answer
Using schemes in your own writing just to sound rhetorical weakens it. Deploy a scheme when it does a job.
What is q1?Show answer
What distinguishes a rhetorical scheme from analyzing it by effect? [Recall]
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A writer ends an argument with: "We can wait and lose, or act and win." Identify the scheme and explain its effect. [Short explanation]
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