Rhetorical Devices

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases

• Anaphora

• Apostrophe

• Antithesis

• Parallelism

Which of the following is an example of anadiplosis?

• She opened the store, the store that would be the end of her career.

• They went for a walk. They went for a run.

• Without you there is no joy with you.

• Beyond and before, there have been issues. Beyond and before, there will be problems.

Hyperbole is ____

• The recurrence of initial consonant sounds
• repeating words or phrases in reverse order
• makes an idea seem less important than it really is
• An exaggeration

"Tina tricked Tyler to take his tacos."

This is an example of which rhetorical device?

• Metaphor

• Conduplicatio

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

Alliteration is ____

• Using a word with an opposite meaning
• Using adjectives or adjective phrases to describe a noun
• Using words that sound like the sounds they describe
• The recurrence of initial consonant sounds

Parallelism is ______

• Using words or phrases with similar structure
• Using words that imitate the sounds they describe
• Makes an idea seem less important than it really is
• Words or phrases that repeat in reverse order

The use of a mild or pleasant term or phrase in place of an unpleasant one.

• Personification

• Euphemism

• Irony

• Repetition

"And what are we to do about it? Engage with each other in order to cause change."

Which device is this an example of?

• Synecdoche

• Alliteration

• Hypophora

• Euphemism

Assonance is a repetition of ___

• Vowel sounds at the end of words

• Consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Vowel sounds in the middle of words

• Consonant sounds in the middle of words

"You there, have you no dignity?"

This is an example of which device?

• Asterismos

• Kairos

• Anadiplosis

• Hyperbole