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Ceremony Of 12 Rhetorical Devices

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During the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas was skipped. He was taken by surprise because he thought that he did something wrong. Everyone in the crowd realized it too. Jonas felt embarrassed by that and at that moment wanted to disappear. The song “Shocked” by Kylie Minogue talks about being surprised by unexpected events. Jonas relates to that song because during that moment he was surprised his number was skipped. The lyrics “Tell me I 'm only dreaming and I 'll believe you,Can 't see how this could be true. Surrounded by feelings I hardly recognise, I look for explanations I 'm taken by surprise. If you told me yesterday that I could feel this way, I would sure enough call you a liar to your face” is basically talking about being shocked and not

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