1. Test format Reminder A – Familiar passage (5) B – Sight passage (20)
You will be asked to identify the title
Cite and discuss two rhetorical devices
B – Sight passage (20)
See homework questions for sample questions
C – Bonus questions (2)
Test format

2. Rhetorical devices practice
“Laughing at him from the shadows stood the actor’s worst nightmare.”
“Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.”
“Silence is as deep as eternity; speech is as shallow as time.”
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”
The Simpsons
Abnormal word order
Parallelism
Balanced sentence
Reversal
Satire
Rhetorical devices practice

3. Lance Armstrong and Oprah
Rhetorical devices discussion
Sample essay

4. Practice sight passage
Your group will be assigned one of the five passages
1. State the title of the essay.
2. Within the passage, identify a minimum of two rhetorical devices.
3. Discuss the effectiveness of each of these devices.
You will present your findings
Practice sight passage