Rhetoric Review

Any stylistic device or resource of language that an author or speaker uses to help persuade or make a desired impact on his/her audience.

• Rhetorical Appeal

• Rhetorical Device

• Rhetorical Question

• Rhetorical Analysis

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A comparison using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• juxtaposition

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a comparison without using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

assigning human qualities to something that is not human

• euphemism

• epistrophe

• parallelism

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a question asked for effect, not requiring an answer

• Hyperbolic question

• Metaphorical question

• Analogical question

• Rhetorical question

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

A brief reference to a famous person or event

• analogy

• anaphora

• allusion

• arachnid

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An obvious and deliberate exaggeration

• epistrophe

• hyperbole

• euphemism

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A mild or pleasant word or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive

• euphemism

• oxymoron

• juxtaposition

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

The repetition of words at the beginning of a line

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• euphemisms

• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The repetition of words at the end of a line

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4