Rhetorical Devices for Speech

Anaphora

• making a statement that seems self-contradictory or impossible but actually makes sense

• the repetition of a word or words at the start of phrases, clauses, or sentences

• an intentional exaggeration

• the repetition of the same vowel sound with different consonants

Metaphor

• a comparison in which something is said to figuratively be like something else

• a figure of speech that uses two opposite words together

• a comparison in which something is said to figuratively be something else

• a word that imitates the sound it refers to

Simile

• a comparison in which something is said to figuratively be like something else

• the repetition of a word or words at the start of phrases, clauses, or sentences

• a comparison between two similar things, typically using figurative language

• the repetition of the same vowel sound with different consonants

Analogy

Onomatopeia

• a comparison in which something is said to figuratively be like something else

• the repetition of the same vowel sound with different consonants

• the repetition of a word or words at the start of phrases, clauses, or sentences

• a word that imitates the sound it refers to

"We hold these truths to be self evident" is an allusion to...

Draw a Hyperbole

Assonance

• the repetition of the same vowel sound with different consonants

• a comparison in which something is said to figuratively be something else

• the act of casually referencing something, usually a work of popular culture

• a word that imitates the sound it refers to

Explain what satire is used for and give an example.

Oxymoron