Frederick Douglass Rhetorical Choices 1

repetition of the initial consonant sounds beginning several words in sequence

• Alliteration

• Antithesis

• Ethos

• Euphamism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a brief story usually told to prove a point. It may be about the speaker or about someone the speaker knows/has heard of

• Anecdote

• Alliteration

• Inferenc

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a reference to a person, place, poem, book, event, or movie outside of the story that the author expects the reader will recognize.

• Pathos

• Paradox

• Allusion

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Using direct opposites or two contrasting ideas to communicate an idea, usually in parallel structure

• Diction

• Antithesis

• Euphanism

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

 the methods, incidents, speech, etc., an author uses to reveal the people in the book.

• Pathos

• Personification

• Oxymoron

• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the choice of words in a work that the author makes.

• Diction

• Anecdote

• Sensory Imagery

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

how an author proves that they are credible or trustworthy. What makes the author qualified to write about this topic?

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Logos

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

substitution of an agreeable or at least non-offensive expression for one whose plainer meaning might be hard or unpleasant.

• Irony

• Allusion

• Antithesis

• Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

the act of drawing a conclusion that is not actually stated.

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

• Inference

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

exaggeration for emphasis or for rhetorical effect.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Antithesis

• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A