Rhetorical Terms Review

The term that means a comparison of two unlike things using like or as is...

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Analogy
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The term that means a part used to represent a whole is....

• Metonomy
• Understatement
• Synecdoche
• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The term that means saying something in a less offensive way is

• Understatement
• Euphemism
• Hyperbole
• Litotes

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

The term that means saying something in restrained terms is

• Personification
• Anadiplosis
• Metonymy
• Understatement

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The term that means understatement that negates is

• Anachronism
• Litotes
• Understatement
• Asyndeton

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The term that means to purposely leave out conjunctions is

• Asyndeton
• Polysyndeton
• Anachronism
• Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The terms that means the dictionary definition of a word is

• Onomatopoeia
• Anachronism
• Denotation
• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The term that means two clauses mirrored to one another is

• Anthithesis
• Anaphora
• Parallelism
• Chiasmus

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The word that means a combination of contradictory words is

• Asyndeton
• Oxymoron
• Antithesis
• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The term that means a group of words in parallel structure with the same number of words is

• Isocolon
• Chiasmus
• Litotes
• Syntax

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5