Rhetorical Terms Review #1

Understatement; a statement that says less than what it means

• Litotes

• Hyperbole

• Anecdote

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Several parts of a sentence or several sentences are developed and phrased similarly to show that the ideas in the parts or sentences are equal in importance

• Aphorism

• Parallelism

• Litotes

• Syntax

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Overstatement; exaggeration

• Hyperbole

• Antithesis

• Aphorism

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

A brief story used in an essay to illustrate a point

• Syntax

• Details

• Anecdote

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Facts revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in a piece of poetry or prose

• Parallelism

• Simile

• Antithesis

• Details

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Words or phrases that create pictures or images in the reader’s mind; description based on any of the five sense

• Litotes

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A figure of speech characterized by strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences, or ideas

• Aphorism

• Antithesis

• Logos

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

A brief, sometimes clever saying that expresses a principle, truth, or observation about life

• Syntax

• Ethos

• Litotes

• Aphorism

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

A comparison in which an unknown item is understood by directly comparing it to a known item

• Metaphor

• Aphorism

• Logos

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

An indirect comparison using “like” or “as.”

• Syntax

• Simile

• Parallelism

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5