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Activity 21
• Rhetorical figures (or devices)
refer to a set of techniques in
rack 29 which a language user may
move from the literal meaning

T to a more figurative (non-
literal) one. This creates a
different effect on the discourse,
mainly, that of making it more
literary, although we use these
devices in everyday speech.
For example, when we say
I’m dying of thirst, we are not
generally in an actual situation
in which we are really dying
because we are not hydrated
enough. Rather, it is hyperbole,
that is, an exaggeration that
catches the attention of the
listener or reader. When we
say Time flies, it is a metaphor:
time acquires the features of an
animal (more exactly, a bird)
and we compare the passing
of time to a bird flying, which
has a more expressive effect
than merely saying Time passes
at a quick pace (which is also
metaphoric, since time is a
concept, not an animated entity).
• If you or your students need to
look at further rhetorical figures
(or devices) and if Internet is available, you may want to check the following websites:
◗ Glossary of Rhetorical Terms, at https://mcl.as.uky.edu/glossary-rhetorical-terms
◗ Rhetorical Figures, at https://sites.ualberta.ca/~gepp/figures.html
◗ Literary Terms, at http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/culture/litterms.htm
◗ The Writer’s Dictionary, at https://writingexplained.org/grammar-dictionary
• The CD icon will appear throughout the practice to indicate the activity the track is linked to. However,
remember the way we order activities is a suggestion and you may change them to suit the purposes you
established with your students.

Activity 22
• If there is time and you think your students need more practice, you may use the monologues from The
rack 30 • As in other activities, there is no need to expect the exact word we use as an answer from your students.
Great Dictator and Learning How to Live Alone to expand this activity.
If they say something like, he is making fun of; he is laughing at or something similar, consider them as
T good answers. The purpose is not to have exact answers to fill in the chart, but rather to understand what is
involved in the use of the voice.
• The CD icon will appear throughout the practice to indicate the activity the track is linked to. However,
remember the way we order activities is a suggestion and you may change them to suit the purposes you
established with your students.

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