A reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from history, music, or another work of literature.

• anaphora

• foreshadowing

• analogy

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A comparison between two things [Simile/Metaphor/Personification]

• allusion

• analogy

• aphorism

• parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Repetition of successive lines in separate sentences of phrases in a text.

• aphorism

• anecdote

• repetition

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A short pointed statement that expresses a wise or clever observation about the human experience. They are often metaphors.

• aphorism

• anecdote

• anaphora

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A reflection of a writer's or a speaker's attitude toward the subject matter.

• tone

• diction

• vernacular

• examples

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The use of a series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar grammatical form.

• anaphora

• analogy

• repetition

• parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A question that is asked without expecting an answer.

• examples/facts/statistics

• persuasion

• rhetorical question

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas in a speech.

• repetition

• anaphora

• parallelism

• rhetorical question

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Writing, usually nonfiction, that influences the reader.

• ethos

• persuasion

• tone

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Writers or speakers connect their thinking to the reader's or audience's own ethical or moral belief.

• pathos

• logos

• ethos

• persuasion

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