RHETORICAL DEVICES

ONE OF THE FIGURES OF SPEECH IS THE REPETITION OF INITIAL CONSTANT SOUNDS OF WORDS IN LINES, VERSES, OR ANY GROUP OF WORDS. IT IS ALSO USED TO PUT ON AN EMPHASIS AND AN EFFECT ON A VERSE OR A PARAGRAPH FROM A NOVEL. 

• REPETITION

• ALLITERATION

• SYMBOLISM

• SATIRE

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

◦WHILE MOOD IS WHAT THE AUDIENCE IS SUPPOSED TO FEEL, ____ IS THE WRITER OR NARRATOR'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS A SUBJECT. A GOOD WRITER WILL ALWAYS WANT THE AUDIENCE TO FEEL THE MOOD THEY'RE TRYING TO EVOKE, BUT THE AUDIENCE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH THE NARRATOR'S ___, ESPECIALLY IF THE NARRATOR IS AN UNSYMPATHETIC CHARACTER OR HAS VIEWPOINTS THAT DIFFER FROM THOSE OF THE READER.

• COLLOQUIALISM

• IMAGERY

• TONE

• IRONY

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

◦A ____ IS AN INTERRUPTION IN A NARRATIVE THAT DEPICTS EVENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED, EITHER BEFORE THE PRESENT TIME OR BEFORE THE TIME AT WHICH THE NARRATION TAKES PLACE. THIS DEVICE IS OFTEN USED TO GIVE THE READER MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND DETAILS ABOUT SPECIFIC CHARACTERS, EVENTS, PLOT POINTS, AND SO ON.

• FORESHADOWING

• SYMBOLISM

• PERSONIFICATION

• FLASHBACK

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

◦___ REFERS TO THE USE OF AN OBJECT, FIGURE, EVENT, SITUATION, OR OTHER IDEA IN A WRITTEN WORK TO REPRESENT SOMETHING ELSE—TYPICALLY A BROADER MESSAGE OR DEEPER MEANING THAT DIFFERS FROM ITS LITERAL MEANING.

◦THE THINGS USED FOR ___ ARE CALLED "___," AND THEY'LL OFTEN APPEAR MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT A TEXT, SOMETIMES CHANGING IN MEANING AS THE PLOT PROGRESSES.

• SYMBOLISM

• ALLUSION

• HYPERBOLE

• IMAGERY

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

AN ___ OCCURS WHEN SOMETHING NONHUMAN, SUCH AS AN ANIMAL, PLACE, OR INANIMATE OBJECT, BEHAVES IN A HUMAN-LIKE WAY.EXAMPLE: CHILDREN'S CARTOONS HAVE MANY EXAMPLES OF ___.

• PERSONIFICATION

• ANTHROPOMORPHISM

• IMAGERY

• ALLEGORY

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

◦A TYPE OF MONOLOGUE THAT'S OFTEN USED IN DRAMAS, A___IS WHEN A CHARACTER SPEAKS ALOUD TO HIMSELF (AND TO THE AUDIENCE), THEREBY REVEALING HIS INNER THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS.

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• SIMILE

• AMPLICATION

• SOLILOQUY

• EPIGRAPH

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

___ IS THE GENERAL FEELING THE WRITER WANTS THE AUDIENCE TO HAVE. THE WRITER CAN ACHIEVE THIS THROUGH DESCRIPTION, SETTING, DIALOGUE, AND WORD CHOICE.

• TONE

• THEME

• STYLE

• MOOD

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

◦AN ___ IS A STORY THAT IS USED TO REPRESENT A MORE GENERAL MESSAGE ABOUT REAL-LIFE (HISTORICAL) ISSUES AND/OR EVENTS. IT IS TYPICALLY AN ENTIRE BOOK, NOVEL, PLAY, ETC.

• ALLEGORY

• SYNECDOCHE

• METAPHOR

• IRONY

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

◦___ IS WHEN AN AUTHOR DESCRIBES A SCENE, THING, OR IDEA SO THAT IT APPEALS TO OUR SENSES (TASTE, SMELL, SIGHT, TOUCH, OR HEARING). THIS DEVICE IS OFTEN USED TO HELP THE READER CLEARLY VISUALIZE PARTS OF THE STORY BY CREATING A STRONG MENTAL PICTURE.

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• ALLUSION

• IRONY

• IMAGERY

• OXYMORON

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

◦AN ____ IS A COMBINATION OF TWO WORDS THAT, TOGETHER, EXPRESS A CONTRADICTORY MEANING. THIS DEVICE IS OFTEN USED FOR EMPHASIS, FOR HUMOR, TO CREATE TENSION, OR TO ILLUSTRATE A PARADOX (SEE NEXT ENTRY FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PARADOXES).

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• METONYM

• OXYMORON

• PARADOX

• REPETION

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A