In this video, we explore the importance of Task 26 for essay writing (01:00), present the Task 26 from the 2022 demo (03:33), identify the main mistake in solving it (07:22), and outline a strategy for tackling the task (07:45). The discussion then moves through a range of rhetorical and linguistic devices, including tropes, hyperbole, litotes, grotesque, irony, metaphor, comparison, metonymy, personification, periphrasis, synecdoche, epithet, oxymoron, syntactic means, rhetorical questions, lexical repetition, inversion, gradation, anaphora, epiphora, syntactic parallelism, ellipsis, parcelling, homogeneous members, question‑answer form, and various stylistic techniques. Each device is explained with a timestamp: 11:23 for tropes, 11:56 for syntactic means, 12:50 for devices, 13:31 for lexical means, 15:51 for tropes, 16:02 for hyperbole, 17:47 for litotes, 18:12 for grotesque, 19:34 for irony, 20:22 for irony vs. sarcasm, 21:05 for metaphor, 22:55 for comparison of metaphor and personification, 24:32 for metonymy, 25:24 for personification, 26:10 for periphrasis, 26:34 for synecdoche, 27:14 for comparison, 27:29 for epithet, 28:39 for oxymoron, 29:20 for syntactic means, 29:45 for rhetorical question/exclamation/address, 30:32 for lexical repetition, 31:20 for inversion, 32:29 for gradation, 33:28 for anaphora, 34:03 for epiphora, 34:22 for syntactic parallelism, 35:04 for omission, 35:25 for ellipsis, 35:58 for parcelling, 36:47 for homogeneous members, 37:04 for question‑answer form, 37:20 for techniques, 37:37 for antithesis, 38:46 for quotation, 39:07 for lexical techniques, 39:37 for antonyms, 39:55 for contextual antonyms, 40:20 for synonyms, 40:40 for contextual synonyms, 20:58 for homonyms, 41:36 for paronyms, 42:08 for dialectisms, 45:00 for jargon, 45:38 for professionalisms, 45:52 for bookish language, 46:20 for colloquial language, 47:03 for everyday language, 47:38 for emotionally expressive language, 48:02 for archaisms, 48:25 for historicisms, 49:06 for borrowings, 49:14 for idioms, 50:00 for Task 26 from StatGrad practice, 01:01:40 for upcoming lessons, and 01:02:05 for homework. The video concludes with a preview of the next lessons and a homework assignment.
