Rhetorical Devices

Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer.

• Onomatopoeia

• Analogy

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

She sells sea-shells by the sea-shore.

• Hyperbole

• • Onomatopoeia

• • Anaphora

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

He slammed the door behind him with a loud bang!

• Onomatopoeia

• Analogy

• • Allusion

• Understatement

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Less is more.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Paradox

• Rhetorical Question

The sun greeted me this morning.

• Anaphora

• Personification

• Allusion

• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

She wanted to go to the park, and the museum, and the mall, and the movies.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Polysyndeton

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Is the sky blue?

• Rhetorical Question

• Paradox

• Allusion

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

It spread like wildfire.

• Antithesis

• Polysyndeton

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"It's a bit chilly today," she remarked, as the temperature dropped below freezing.

• Parallelism

• Understatement

• Antithesis

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

His Achilles' heel is his lack of patience.

• Allusion

• Asyndeton

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4