Identifying Rhetorical Techniques
Quick
Match each rhetorical technique to an example.
parallelism
They are not to be trusted.
exclusive language
exclusive language
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UOon
My policies support the middle class your
policies support big business.
repetition
We must not forget the sacrifice ...
inclusive language
Sell right now. Sell tomorrow. Just sell, sell,

How does the play resolve the conflict between conscience and law? creon acts according to the law, not the conscience of advisors, and is punished. each character chooses familial loyalty over civil obedience and is punished. the deaths of haemon and eurydice fulfill the prophecy. creon sentences antigone to death even though haemon asks him to reconsider.

Which statement best paraphrases these sentences from the text

What else do you think experts can learn from studying the language of written work? what do you think is the value of studying the language of william shakespeare whose writing is over hundreds of years old?