RHETORICAL DEVICES

The repetition of first letters (or sounds) in words that come together in a phrase or sentence.

• ALLITERATION

• ALLUSION

• ANTITHESIS

• ANALOGY

Tags

8.R.3.4

Dunkin Donuts

Bed, Bath, & Beyond

Coca-Cola

Weight Watchers

• ALLITERATION

• ALLUSION

• ANALOGY

• ANTITHESIS

Describing one item in terms of another item in an interesting way to add emphasis.

• ANALOGY

• ALLITERATION

• ANTITHESIS

• ALLUSION

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

If BRAINS WERE GOLD, you'd be poorer than Weasley.

Those who foolishly sought POWER BY RIDING THE BACK OF THE TIGER ended up inside.

We will not be satisfied until JUSTICE ROLLS DOWN LIKE WATER.

• ALLITERATION

• ANALOGY

• ALLUSION

• ANTITHESIS

Emphasizing a point by adding or embellishing something just said, often by using adjectives.

• AMPLIFICATION

• ALLUSION

• ANTITHESIS

• ANALOGY

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Love, REAL LOVE, takes time.

Religion, TRUE RELIGION.

• ALLITERATION

• AMPLIFICATION

• ALLUSION

• ANALOGY

Aligning the arrangement of words or sentences in similar ways.

• PARALLELISM

• ALLUSION

• PARADOX

• ANTITHESIS

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

EASY come, EASY go.

LIKE father, LIKE son.

With GREAT power comes GREAT responsibility.

• PARALLELISM

• ALLUSION

• HYPERBOLE

• ANTITHESIS

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

Connecting two ideas by contrasting them, when one idea is used as a reference point for a contrasting one.

• ANTITHESIS

• HYPERBOLE

• SIMILE

• METAPHOR

A child's mind is a hungry puppy; feed it well.

• ANALOGY

• SIMILE

• ANTITHESIS

• ALLITERATION