Rhetorical terms

Comparing two things directly

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Comparing two things using "like" or "as".

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Using exaggerated ideas to convey your point.

• Contrast

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Giving human-like characteristics to non-living or inanimate objects.

• Metaphor

• Rhetorical Questions

• Hyperbold

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Asking questions to provoke thought vs answers.

• Imagery

• Rhetorical Questions

• Contrast

• General Questioning

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When the author uses specific wording or style to convey their feelings about a situation.

• Mood

• Good Word Usage

• Feelings

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Repeating a word or phrase that stresses importance of the author's purpose.

• Repetition

• Author's purpose

• Repeating words

• Important words

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Appealing to the readers feelings and emotions.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Folos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Appealing to the reader's sense of ethics to create author credibility.

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

• Cred

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Appealing to the readers' sense of Logic or what makes sense.

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

• Logistical

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5