Rhetorical Devices

_______________ means: a question someone asks without expecting an answer.

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• rhetorical question

• parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

________________ means: a repeated grammatical pattern

• anthimeria

• parallelism

• asyndeton

• antimetabole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

_____________ means: repetition of one or more words at the END of successive phrases or clauses

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• anthimeria

• apposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An allusion is:

• A repetition of words or phrases to add emphasis
• Something you think you see but is not actually there
• A reference to either a historical event or another text meant to make a connection between them
• A short story meant to draw in the audience and illustrate an idea.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

HYPERBOLE

• 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

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

SIMILE

• A comparison that does not use like or as
• A comparison that uses like or as
• Pairing a compliment and a criticism to lessen the impact
• Connecting two things

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

OXYMORON

• A comparison between two things that uses like or as

• A connection that is made between two things

• The combination of two words of opposite meaning

• Words that imitate the sound they describe

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

METAPHOR

• A comparison between two things that uses like or as
• An exaggeration
• Repeating words or phrases for emphasis
• A comparison between two things that does not use like or as

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

UNDERSTATEMENT

• An exaggeration
• Making an idea seem less important than it really is
• Repeating initial consonant sounds
• Using a word with an opposite meaning

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

PARALLELISM

• 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

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6