My Daily Reflection Entry

Today in class we discussed three new rhetorical devices. They take a lot a studying and learning to really understand.  One of the devices is Litotes and it emphasizes its point by using a word opposite the condition.  For example, you won’t be sorry meaning you will be glad.  Another device learned is Antithesis and it means make use of a contrast in languages to bring out of contrast in ideas.  An example for this will be one of Muhammad Ali quotes “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” And finally, one last device is hypophora. It’s meaning it the technique of asking a question, then proceeding to answer it. For example, “Should students wear uniforms to school? The answer is yes. Uniforms in school could decrease incidents.  These rhetorical devices are basically what we use in everyday life and we don’t even know it until we learn the concept of it.