Rhetorical Devices

The action of repeating something that has already been said or written.

• Repetition

• Anaphora

• Simile

• Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences.

• Hyerbole

• Allusion

• Enumeratio

• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repeating the same sentence structure or pattern of words.

• Parallelism

• Imagery

• Anaphora

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The direct opposite, a sharp contrast.

• Allusion

• Analogy

• Antithesis

• Amplification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Repetition of initial consonant sounds.

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison without using like or as.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.

• Analogy

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way.

• Anaphora

• Analogy

• Antithesis

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Language that appeals to the senses.

• Repetition

• Aphorism

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Extreme exaggeration.

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Antithesis

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D