Rhetorical Devices Week 2

A rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.

• antithesis
• assonance
• asyndeton
• details

Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity

• antithesis
• assonance
• asyndeton
• connotative diction

Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words

• antithesis
• assonance
• asyndeton 
• details

Word choice that is intended to add additional emotional meaning (implied meaning)

• connotative diction
• details
• assonance
• anaphora

The facts revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in a piece of poetry or prose.

• assonance
• allegory
• details
• anecdote

• anaphora
• assonance
• details
• asyndeton 

• asyndeton
• assonance
• details
• connotative diction

• assonance
• details
• connotative diction
• antithesis

• asyndeton
• details
• connotative diction
• assonance

• antithesis
• assonance
• asyndeton
• details