Rhetorical Devices 1

the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.

• juxtaposition

• anaphora

• euphemism

• parallelism

two opposing things (ideas, images, colors, etc.) placed close together with contrasting effect

• metaphor

• synecdoche

• simile

• juxtaposition

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

• euphemism

• allusion

• hyperbole

• paradox

comparing one idea, object or image directly to another dissimilar one without using like or as

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• irony

a figure of speech in which part is made to represent the whole or a whole is made to represent the sum of its parts

• synecdoche

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

an exaggeration used for emphasis

• lie

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• symbolism

a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing

• euphemism

• hyperbole

• synecdoche

• allusion

the repetition of a word at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences

• synecdoche

• allusion

• anaphora

• irony