Rhetorical Devices

Front

Example of an ALLUSION:
- People part like the Red Sea
- The pen is mightier than the sword.
- Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

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People part like the Red Sea

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

What is an example of METONYMY? Options: People part like the Red Sea when he walks in., The pen is mightier than the sword, Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Back

The pen is mightier than the sword

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Front

Parallelism

Back

similarity in the structure of words, phrases, verb tenses

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Front

An example of alliteration is:
- People parted like the Red Sea when he came in.
- Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
- The pen is mightier than the sword.

Back

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Example of ANAPHORA

Back

It takes a family, it takes teachers, it takes clergy...

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Example of a synecdoche:

Back

A hospital tried to revive him.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Front

This country is a shining city on a hill is...

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metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!" is...

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Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

The wind whispered, "hello."

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Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Simile is a comparison using like or as.

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True

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D