Rhetoric

repetition of a word or phrase to begin successive clauses

• anaphora
• understatement
• anecdote
• pathos

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

• alliteration
• hyperbole
• simile
• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.6.5

word choice

• diction
• analogy
• Tone
• jargon

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

the presentation of something as being smaller or less important than it actually is.

• understatement
• alliteration
• irony
• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

the art of using language effectively and persuasively

• rhetoric
• inclusive
• jargon
• syntax

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

• juxtaposition
• anecdote
• pathos
• antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

exaggeration

• hyperbole
• jargon
• alliteration
• antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Sentence structure

• syntax
• credibility
• juxtaposition
• analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman

• personification
• antithesis
• Parallelism
• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

containing all; not keeping any out

• inclusive
• antithesis
• personification
• Parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5