Block Rhetorical Devices

A short, concise statement expressing a clever observation or a general truth.

• Aphorism

• Paradox

• Polysyndeton

• Verbal Irony

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

"Life is a beach house/don't let the sand in." -Nicki Minaj

These lyrics contain which rhetorical device?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Synecdoche is _________________.

• Two apparently contradictory words

• Making a situation seem less important

• A type of repetition where the writer ends a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word or words.

• The word for a part of something is used to refer to the whole thing, or less commonly, the word for a whole is used to refer to a part.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Device where the same word/phrase is repeated at the beginning of sentences.

• Aphorism

• Chiasmus

• Anaphora

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."--Thomas Paine

This is an example of which rhetorical device?

• Hyperbole

• Epistrophe

• Chiasmus

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

This writer is appealing to the audience by displaying patriotism or showing that their interest is for the good of society. Which appeal are they attempting to use?

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Fill in the blank: Asyndeton=conjunctions are (a)   (fast-paced)

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The dictionary (denotation) definition of this rhetorical device is "holding a particular perspective."

• Sarcasm

• Propaganda

• Bias

• Stereotype

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

When a writer cites factual evidence, focuses on reason, and includes elements of FREPA in their writing, they are attempting to appeal to ______.

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Chiasmus is ____________.

• An apparently self-contradictory statement when looked at closely provokes fresh thought.

• Ending a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word or words.

• A type of antithesis where the second part of the sentence is the first part reversed.

• an extreme exaggeration.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4