2021 Rhetorical Device Practice

Repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses to add emphasis

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• polysyndeton

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.

• analogy

• allusion

• antithesis

• anadiplosis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Using a word near the end of the clause and then repeating that word to begin the next clause.

• anaphora

• anadiplosis

• epistrophe

• paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

One or more words repeated at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences.

• anaphora

• polysyndeton

• allusion

• epistrophe

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Conjunctions (and, but, or) are used repeatedly in quick succession, often with no commas

• anadiplosis

• polysyndeton

• allusion

• paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

reference to a well known person, place, event in history, literature, or culture

• allusion

• analogy

• anaphora

• anadiplosis

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a comparison between two things typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification

• anaphora

• allusion

• anadiplosis

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

• antithesis

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil"

• paradox

• antithesis

• anadiplosis

• epistrophe

"We lived and laughed and loved and left."

• anaphora

• polysyndeton

• antithesis

• paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5