Comparative Rhetorical Methods in the Texts in Literature Textbook for Grade 10

Abstract

Comparison is rhetorical method which is most commonly used in life as well as in literary composition. Especially during the composing process, comparison is used by authors with high frequencies. It is used to express their feelings, thoughts, and judgments towards things and events that were shown in the composition. Recognizing and applying rhetoric measures is one of the important contents of the Literature Program. It is not difficult to recognize comparative rhetorical measures. But it is not simple to distinguish them, identify their structures and comparative styles to see their artistic effectiveness. Researching structures of comparison and types of comparison helps readers to have a better understanding of the nature and characteristics of things and events, profound and expressive perception of unknown objects. How can students receive and create comparative rhetorical method in the most effective and fastest way? This article not only gives the readers the concept, structure of comparative method, types of comparison, distinguishing between logical comparison and rhetorical comparison, but also reckons, classifies, models, analyzes the use of comparative rhetorical method in the texts in Literature textbooks for grade 10 to give readers a fairly comprehensive picture of the comparative rhetorical method. Thus, the research sets out the recommendations for teaching and learning comparative rhetoric methods for students in high schools as well as for students in universities