Rhetorical Devices

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.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

When writers or speakers offer clear examples and proof. They develop ideas with appropriate detail, and they make sure that the readers follow the progression of ideas.

• logos

• pathos

• ethos

• persuasion

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

__________________ means: two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.

• apposition

• antimetabole

• parallelism

• antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:

"We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne..."

• antithesis

• parallelism

• apposition

• epistrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

• parallelism

• apposition

• asyndeton

• antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Rhetoric

• The art of using language persuasively

• explaining something using all five senses

• techniques writers use to enhance their arguments and communicate effectively

• comparing something not alive to being human

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which of the following is a "rhetorical question"?

(Meaning a question that doesn't need to be answered.)

• Who was president of the United States during World War 2?

• Are you crazy?

• What type of animal is a platypus?

• When is lunch?

Rhetorical Devices

• the art of using language persuasively

• the senses used in sensory language

• techniques writers use to enhance their arguments and communicate effectively

• comparisons of something not alive to being human

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

As the butterfly emerges from its cocoon, so must you leave your comfort zone and experience the wider world.

• juxtaposition

• analogy

• rhetorical sentence

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3