Literary Devices in Rhetoric

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"...you've f forgotten you're f acing the single f inest f ighting f orce ever assembled."

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Alliteration

Front

Understanding poetry doesn't require being Einstein.

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Allusion

Front

… government of the people, by the people, for the people…

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parallelism

Front

I love you to the moon and back...

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hyperbole

Front

"we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground"

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anaphora

Front

"To err is human; to forgive divine."

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antithesis

Front

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers."

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polysydeton

Front

“The sun was a toddler refusing to go to bed: It was past 8:30 and still light.”

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metaphor

Front

The snow is like a blanket of white.

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simile

Front

We are going to have to let you go...

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euphemism