Rhetorical Devices

AMPLIFICATION

• Repeats a word or phrase for emphasis
• Repeats a word or phrase in successive phrases
• repeats words or phrases in reverse order
• places a criticism and a compliment together to lessen the impact

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

ANALOGY

• Compares two different things that have similar characteristics
• using an adjective or an adjective phrase to describe a noun
• An exaggeration
• A two-word paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

ANAPHORA

• makes a connection between two things
• uses words or phrases with similar structure
• repeats a word or phrase in successive phrases
• words that imitate the sound they describe

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

HYPERBOLE

• The recurrence of initial consonant sounds
• repeating words or phrases in reverse order
• makes an idea seem less important than it really is
• An exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

SIMILE

• A comparison that does not use like or as
• A comparison that uses like or as
• Pairing a compliment and a criticism to lessen the impact
• Connecting two things

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

ANTITHESIS

• Makes a connection between two things
• A comparison that does not use like or as
• Compares two different things that have some similar characteristics
• A two-word paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

OXYMORON

• A comparison between two things that uses like or as
• A connection that is made between two things
• A two-word paradox
• Words that imitate the sound they describe

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

METAPHOR

• A comparison between two things that uses like or as
• An exaggeration
• Repeating words or phrases for emphasis
• A comparison between two things that does not use like or as

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

ANTIPHRASIS

• A connection made between two things
• Uses a word with an opposite meaning
• Repeats words or phrases in reverse order
• Using an adjective or an adjective phrase to describe a noun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

ONOMATOPOEIA

• Words that imitate the sound they describe
• A comparison between two things that does not use like or as
• Uses words or phrases with a similar structure
• Makes an idea seem less important than it really is

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4