Rhetorical Devices

Simile:

• Comparison that does NOT use LIKE or AS

• Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words

• Assigning human qualities to something that is not human

• Comparison using LIKE or AS

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Name this rhetorical device: A comparison using LIKE or AS

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison without using like or as:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What rhetorical device means: a comparison without using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Assigning human qualities to something that is not human:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Select the metaphor(s):

• The wind was a howling wolf.

• Books are the keys to your imagination.

• Laughter is the music of the soul.

• The alligator's teeth are white daggers.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A word or phrase used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive:

• Hyperbole

• Anaphora

• Euphemism

• Epistrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Epistrophe:

• The repetition of words at the beginning of a line

• The repetition of words at the end of a line

• Similar words, phrases, or clauses to show that ideas have the same level of importance.

• Putting two contrasting elements together that are unalike

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Select the epistrophe:

• That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.

• ..and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth

• See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

• Restroom” instead of “toilet

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The repetition of words at the beginning of a line:

• Anaphora

• Epistrophe

• Understatement

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4