Slanters

Using words or phrases that make someone look less important 

• Downplayer
• Dysphemis
• Hyperbole
• Innuendo

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

When an opinion is stated as if it were a fact  but it is not

• Slanters
• Rhetorical Analogy
• Rhetorical Explanation
• Rhetorical Definition

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

A bad or unpleasant term used instead of a pleasant or neutral one such as "loony bin" instead of "mental hospital"

• Euphemism
• Dysphemism
• Downplayer
• Innuendo

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Word or expression substituted to make something sound better 

• Euphemism
• Dysphemism
• Downplayer
• Innuendo

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

When your over exaggerate or use extravagant overstatements

• Innuendo
• Downplayer
• Hyperbole
• Slanters

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The use of language to IMPLY something  without actually saying it (reading between the lines)

• Innuendo
• Sarcasm
• Hyperbole
• Slanter

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Use of comparing how two unlike things can be the same

• Truth Surrogate
• Rhetorical Definition
• Rhetorical Analogy
• Rhetorical Explanation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Using emotionally charged words to change someones attitude or opinion 

• Slanters
• Rhetorical Analogy
• Rhetorical Explanation
• Rhetorical Definition 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The use of irony to mock or make fun of someone 

• Slanter
• Ridicule/ Sarcasm
• Truth Surrogates
• Innuendo

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Different ways an author can shows that they are biased either negatively or positively on a subject

• Innuendo
• Downplayer
• Truth Surrogates
• Slanter

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6