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Answer:
The technique used by Alexander Pope in The R*pe of the Lock is mock-epic genre.
Explanation:
"The Ra-pe of the Lock" is a mock-epic (a technique used by Pope) poem written by Alexander Pope. Pope has written the verse in heroic couplets.
Pope named his poem as "an heroi-comical poem".
Mock-epic is a form of satire in which trivial matters or subjects are dealt in an elevated heroic style. <u>This dealing of the trivial matters in a heroic style creates the humor in this technique of mock-epic</u>. This genre does not mock the epics but rather the subject by giving it a form of epic.
<u>The poem deals with a true incident of trivial matter; the stolen locks of a young woman. Because of this conflict between two families started, which Pope resembled that of the war of Greeks and Trojan. </u>
Answer:
The rhetorical technique used in this excerpt is a. shift.
Explanation:
Shift as a rhetorical technique refers to a change in the mood, style, or tone of what is being said. It is usually started with a conjunction that expresses such alteration and contrast, such as "yet", "but", "although", etc. In this particular speech, the initial mood is one of sadness and exhaustion. Churchill focuses on the disasters, the dangers, and the losses the war brought. From the moment he says "yet" on, however, the mood shifts to a positive, assertive one, in which he tells us about the high morale of the Allies. Against all odds, in contrast with everything that had been said, we are now told the Allies kept their spirits up.
Answer:
4). A video news story usually creates a greater sense of urgency than a written version of the same story.
Explanation:
A comparative claim is characterized as the claim that aims to compare the similarities or differences between two ideas or objects. Among the given options, the last option most aptly establishes a comparison between 'a video news story' and 'a written version of the story.' It juxtaposes how the video version offers a more sensible and perceivable feeling of significance in comparison to the written form. Thus,<u> it emphasizes how one is different from the other</u>, and hence, <u>option 4</u> is the correct answer.
