Rhetoric Devices

Calling something to mind without mentioning it directly

• Anecdote

• Allusion

• Tone

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

you do not do your homework, then the test will be difficult.

This step by step reasoning is an example of using

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

when coordinating conjunctions are used several times in close succession, particularly where conjunctions would normally not be present at all.

• Polysyndeton

• Hypophora

• Satire

• Asyndeton

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the purposeful omission of coordinating conjunctions

• Asyndeton

• Litotes

• Euphemism

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the juxtaposition two contrasting or opposing ideas, usually within parallel grammatical structures.

• Antithesis

• Polysyndeton

• Hypophora

• Satire

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

a speaker or writer raises a question and then immediately answers it

• Hypophora

• Satire

• Asyndeton

• Litotes

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a form of understatement in which a sentiment is expressed ironically by negating its contrary.

• Litotes

• Euphemism

• Juxtaposition

• Parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

statement that seems to contradict itself, but which, upon further examination, contains some kernel of truth or reason.

• Paradox

• Chiasmus

• Antithesis

• Polysyndeton

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect

• Juxtaposition

• Parallelism

• Allusion

• Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the use of humor, irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to criticize something or someone.

• Satire

• Asyndeton

• Litotes

• Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6