Rhetorical Devices

dwelling on a point by repeating it several times in different words

• commoratio

• repetition

• anaphora

• similie

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work. For repetition to be noticeable, the words or phrases should be repeated within close proximity of each other.

• anaphora

• commoratio

• repetition

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

It’s about balancing the weight or structure of ideas and phrases. In rhetoric, parallelism means balancing two or more ideas or arguments that are equally important.

• repetition

• parallelism / parallel structure

• anaphora

• commoratio

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

repetition of the last work of one clause at the beginning of the following clause

• commoratio

• parallelism / parallel structure

• anadiplosis

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

• anadiplosis

• allusion

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

repetition of conjunctions in close succession

• Polysyndeton

• simile

• metaphor

• Asyndeton

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence

• repetition

• anaphora

•  Polysyndeton

• Asyndeton

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

comparing two different things using like or as

•  Polysyndeton

• simile

• metaphor

• commoratio

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

comparing two unlike things not using like or as

• simile

•  Polysyndeton

• metaphor

• anaphora

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

Repeats a word or phrase in successive phrases.

• commoratio

• anaphora

• repetition

• anadiplosis

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4