Rhetorical Device List 3 Review

An indirect comparison using "like" or "as"

To portray in words; describe or outline with precision

The repetition of the same vowel sounds in nearby words

A figure of speech pairing two words together that are opposing or contradictory

A brief story used in an essay or other literary text in order to prove or illustrate a point

"In the eastern sky there was a yellow patch like a rug laid for the feet of the coming sun," is an example of a...

Assonance is...

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words

• The repetition of the same vowel sounds in nearby words

• The repetition of consonant sounds in a line or sentence.

• To determine the value, quality, or worth of something

Litotes is...

• Overstatement; a figure of speech in which the author overexaggerates to accomplish some purpose, usually emphasis.

• An indirect comparison using "like" or "as"

• A form of understatement that uses negation to express the contrary meaning

• A figure of speech pairing two words together that are opposing or contradictory

Explicate means...

• To make plain or clear; explain; interpret

• To portray in words; describe or outline with precision

• To determine the value, quality, or worth of something

• A brief story used in an essay or other literary text in order to prove or illustrate a point

Evaluate means...

• To develop a principal, theory, etc.

• To make plain or clear; explain; interpret

• To portray in words; describe or outline with precision

• To determine the value, worth, or quality of something