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Would-be cop in morning, alleged accomplice at night  

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Would-be-cop-in-morning-alleged-accomplice-at-2835800.php#ixzz1l2dnX8Es

"Shuaib's defense attorney Cheryl Coleman blasted the allegations as so untrue they should anger the jury. She said her client had no motive, no opportunity and was simply one of several people present." "Cropper said he did not know how Rhodes also ended up with a knife — and that he never had one himself. Another witness, Evita Robinson, later testified she believed Cropper gave Rhodes the knife during the incident."  Antithesis- an opposition, or contrast of ideas.  The role of antithesis in this piece is to show the two sides of the story.  The defense attorney had said that Shuaib was innocent, when in reality it was so untrue because someone videotaped him stabbing the other kid.  This is a contrast of ideas and therefore it is antithesis.  Without it the piece would only have one side, and be less interesting.  Court cases usually always has two sides and this story has two sides too.

"He said Shuaib flanked Rhodes and restricted his movements like a "pick" in basketball."  Simile; a comparasion of two unlike things using the words like or as.  The simile makes it so that the reader can picture how Shauaib tried to knife Rhodes.  Earlier it said how Shuaib played basketball.  This simile is very descriptive and therefore improves the paragraph.

"But for this defendant's actions, Tyler Rhodes would be alive today," Metonymy; is the substituting of one word for another related word.  You can replace the word "defendant" with Shuaib.  Either word would be saying the same thing.  Rober Gavin had said Shuaib was involved earlier in the piece, therefore it would work now.  It would have made the article less complicated if he used the real name instead of defendant, but its okay because it still works.