Rhetorical Devices

language that appeals to your senses...

• allusion

• parallelism

• concrete

• personification

repetition of consonant sounds.

• onomatapoeia

• alliteration

• allusion

• concrete

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

giving human qualities to an inanimate object...

• parallelism

• concrete

• audience contact

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

restating words and phrases for emphasis...

• climax ordering

• alliteration

• parallelism

• repetition

using elements in sentences that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter...

• climax ordering

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• parallelism

a figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or event...

• alliteration

• personification

• allusion

• audience contact

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Watch out for him, ladies...he's a Romeo!

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Concrete

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Let us go forth to lead the land we love."

• Allusion

• Contrast

• Alliteration

• Repetition