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Lesson 10 – Diogenes and Alexander Writing Devices Diction Antonyms The end of Antonym. perishable everlasting rough handsome drunk sober … … Opposite words emphasizing contrast Please find more examples in the text. Lesson 10 – Diogenes and Alexander Writing Devices Diction Polysyndeton No one needs beds and chairs and such furniture. He was welcomed and honored and flattered. To be continued on the next page. As the market place filled up with shoppers and merchants and slaves and foreigners, he had strolled through it for an hour or two. Stress each detail Polysyndeton: repetition of conjunctions in close succession, which has a cumulative effect Lesson 10 – Diogenes and Alexander Writing Devices Diction : more examples Polysyndeton He was a philosopher who wrote plays and poems and essays expounding his doctrine. He spent much of his life in the…, mocking and satirizing its people, and occasionally converting one of them. The end of Diction. Lesson 10 – Diogenes and Alexander II. Writing devices Contrast To be continued on the next page. The use of as, while, like, whereas to show contrast. Like Diogenes, he admired the heroic figure of Hercules, who labored to help mankind while all others toiled and sweated only for themselves. He understood Cynicism as the others could not. When a king approaches, all rise in respect. Diogenes merely sat up on one elbow. When a monarch enters a place, all greet him with a bow or an acclamation. Diogenes said nothing. conventional conduct Diogenes’ conduct Lesson 10 – Diogenes and Alexander II. Writing devices Nobly restrained and chivalrous like a dog scratching, doing business in public etc manner Appearance youthful,handsome, strong body, purple and gold cloak, with an air of destiny Alexander Diogenes Contrast: Diogenes and Alexander old, beggarly living on bare earth, sh