Rhetorical Devices 2019

repeating initial consonant sounds

• allusion

• alliteration

• amplification

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

a short, informal reference to a famous person or event

• alliteration

• amplification

• anaphora

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

repeating a word or expression while adding more detail to it, in order to emphasize a point

• amplification

• alliteration

• antimetabole

• aporia

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

repeating the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences

• epistrophe

• anaphora

• antiphrasis

• appositive

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

establishing a clear, contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together or juxtaposing (contrasting) them

• antithesis

• aporia

• anaphora

• antimetabole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

expresses doubt about an idea or conclusion

• asyndeton

• aposiopesis

• aporia

• antimetabole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

stopping abruptly and leaving a sentence unfinished

• aposiopesis

• asyndeton

• appositive

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

placing a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it

• enumeratio

• distinctio

• direct address

• appositive

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

consists of leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses

• asyndeton

• enumeratio

• epanalepsis

• aposiopesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

communicating a message directly to another individual or group of individuals

• distinctio

• direct address

• onomatopoeia

• parallelism

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6