Rhetorical Devices Definitions and Identification

A rhetorical device that repeats a grammatical pattern

• allusion

• anaphora

• parallelism

• aphorism

• antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

A rhetorical device that repeats words or phrases at the beginning of a sentence

• allusion

• anaphora

• parallelism

• aphorism

• antithesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A rhetorical device that uses contrasting, opposite words together

• allusion

• anaphora

• parallelism

• aphorism

• antithesis

A rhetorical device that uses human traits to describe nonhuman entities

• onomatopoeia

• personficiation

• diction

• imagery

• hyperbole

A rhetorical device that uses strong, vivid descriptions to help audience imagine

• onomatopoeia

• personficiation

• diction

• imagery

• hyperbole

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

A rhetorical device that uses exaggerations

• onomatopoeia

• personficiation

• diction

• imagery

• hyperbole

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

We are giving away our furniture, selling our house, and moving to Spain.

• parallelism

• allusion

• personification

• anaphora

• anecdote

CHOOSE TWO: Better to reign (rule) in Hell than to serve in Heaven.

• parallelism

• allusion

• antithesis

• anaphora

• personfication

“My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.” - Barack Obama

• parallelism

• hyperbole

• personification

• anaphora

• analogy

“Patience is bitter, but it has a sweet fruit.”

• parallelism

• allusion

• antithesis

• anaphora

• analogy