Rhetorical Devices

Use words in a certain way to convey meaning or to persuade

• Rhetorical Device

• Logical Fallacy

• Claim

• Counterargument

Tags

CCSS.SL.8.4

CCSS.W.8.2D

Words or phrases said over and over to illustrate importance or highlight meaning

• Rhetorical Device

• Repetition

• Hyperbole

• Rhetorical Questions

An exaggeration used to emphasize a point

• Repetition

• Hyperbole

• Direct Address

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

When the speaker directly addresses a person or group of people

• Repetition

• Juxtaposition

• Analogy

• Direct Address

A question that is not meant to be answered but rather is asked to emphasize a point

• Rhetorical Device

• Analogy

• Rhetorical Question

• Direct Address

Explains one thing in terms of another to highlight the ways in which they are alike.

• Analogy

• Repetition

• Direct Address

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

to place two concepts, characters, ideas, or places near each other to contrast them

• Rhetorical Question

• Analogy

• Juxtaposition

• Direct Address

Let both sides explore what problems unite us...

Let both sides for the first time formulate serious and precise proposals

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science

• Hyperbole

• Direct Address

• Rhetorical Question

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free..

• Direct Address

• Juxtaposition

• Analogy

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in that historic effort?

• Direct Address

• Repetition

• Hyperbole

• Rhetorical Questions

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4