Rhetorical Analysis

a brief reference to a famous person or event—often from literature, history, Greek mythology, or the Bible. Example: “He was a real Romeo with the ladies.”

• allusion
• alliteration
• metaphor
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

comparison without using “like” or “as.” Example: “He felt lost in a sea of nameless faces,”or, “The teacher planted seeds of wisdom.”

• simile
• allusion
• metaphor
• rhetorical question

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

several parts of a sentence or several sentences expressed in similar grammatical form; "I came, I saw, I conquered." 

• repetition
• parallelism
• allusion
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

comparison using “like” or “as.” Example: “She was as quiet as a mouse.”

• metaphor
• rhetorical question
• simile
• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

“Shoot yourself in the foot” is an example that means to do something that hurts yourself.

• allusion
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

the speaker or writer's attitude about a subject

• metaphor
• irony
• mood
• tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

a repeated word or phrase, used for emphasis.

• rhetorical question
• repetition
• simile
• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.SL.11-12.3

an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

“Shoot yourself in the foot” is an example that means to do something that hurts yourself.

• simile 
• metaphor
• personification
• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

A very brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something

• bias
• hyperbole
• anecdote
• antithesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.W.11-12.3

Deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs 

• anaphora
• denotation
• assonance
• antithesis 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4