Rhetorical Devices Level 1 Define

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

• analogy

• antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

A rhetorical device that uses human traits to describe nonhuman entities

• parallelism

• 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

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

• parallelism

• personficiation

• diction

• imagery

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A rhetorical device that uses exaggerations

• understatement

• personficiation

• diction

• imagery

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A rhetorical device that chooses words for their denotation and connotation

• irony

• 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 does the opposite of what people expect

• allusion

• anecdote

• irony

• rhetorical quesiton

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A rhetorical device that asks a question that requires no answer.

• irony

• imagery

• antithesis

• rhetorical question

A rhetorical device that tells a short story to make a point.

• antithesis

• anecdote

• imagery

• parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5