Rhetorical Terms & Appeals

Front

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines.

Back

Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Front

Repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.

Back

Epsitrophe

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Front

The purposeful repetition of conjunctions in a sentence.

Back

Polysyndeton

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Front

The purposeful omission of conjunctions in a sentence.

Back

Asyndeton

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

In written speech, this refers to the choices an author makes when formatting words: ALL CAPS, ​italicizes, ​Bold, ​“quotes”.

Back

Paralinguistics

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Front

Language that evokes any of the five senses.

Back

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Front

A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.

Back

Rhetorical Question

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Front

A figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept.

Back

Metonymy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Front

A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.

Back

Synecdoche

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Front

A direct comparison that states one thing is another.

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A