Rhetorical Devices SCE

As the butterfly emerges from its cocoon, so must you leave your comfort zone and experience the wider world.

• juxtaposition

• analogy

• rhetorical sentence

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The movie scene focuses on a band of zombies creeping up on a peaceful, moonlit town.

• juxtaposition

• analogy

• rhetorical question.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What two things are being compared in this analogy? Swords are the weapons of warriors, but words are the weapons of writers.

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Why might an author compare a spelling bee to a tough political campaign?

• to clarify the rules of a spelling bee

• to emphasize the degree of competition

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Are you going to stand by and let the power lines be built in our backyards?

• juxtaposition

• rhetorical question

• analogy

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The dark sky threatened as the icy blasts of winder rattled the windows, while inside the family sat peacefully in the warm glow of the log fire.

• rhetorical question

• analogy

• juxtaposition

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

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

• ANALOGY

• ALLITERATION

• ANTITHESIS

• ALLUSION

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

EASY come, EASY go.

LIKE father, LIKE son.

With GREAT power comes GREAT responsibility.

• PARALLELISM

• ALLUSION

• HYPERBOLE

• ANTITHESIS

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The action of repeating something that has already been said or written.

• Repetition

• Anaphora

• Simile

• Analogy

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repeating the same sentence structure or pattern of words.

• Parallelism

• Imagery

• Anaphora

• Repetition

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4