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One literary device, which is more often associated as a philosophical device, is the dialectic<span>. This involves the discussion of a concept and its opposite. Another way of thinking of it is that dialectic involves a contradiction (X and its opposite) and a possible solution, balance, or synthesis (combination of X and its opposite)
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They use simple emotion words like the dog was sad that the little boy went to school or the baby was happy when the mother played peek a boo with her to make her laugh
Skim the passage and find key words. if you have a word bank or vocab list, find them and highlight or underline them. look for repeating words and try to figure out why they appear often. usually the repeating words are important to the passage.