What makes a king out of a slave? Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage!"
-The Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz
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tearing it down to build it back up. transforming rusty metals into gold. making the magic visible.
Showing posts with label hypophora. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hypophora. Show all posts
Friday, February 18, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Example of Hypophora
"Oh, you see that skin?
It's the same she's been standing in
Since the day she saw him walking away
Now she's left
Cleaning up the mess he made"
-John Mayer, "Daughters"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZLbUIa7exE
It's the same she's been standing in
Since the day she saw him walking away
Now she's left
Cleaning up the mess he made"
-John Mayer, "Daughters"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZLbUIa7exE
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Hypophora
A hypophora is almost like a rhetorical question. The author proposes a question and then immediately answers it.
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