AP Lang Rhetorical Devices

I have a wonder, wonderful time.

• REPETITION

• SYMBOL

• ALLUSION

• SIMILE

When I was in high school, I was on the track team. We traveled all over the country for competitions.

• ANECDOTE

• SYMBOL

• ALLUSION

• SIMILE

The wooden floor groaned when we walked on it.

• PERSONIFICATION

• SYMBOL

• ALLUSION

• SIMILE

Mrs. Dennis is as sweet as pie.

• REPETITION

• ALLUSION

• METAPHOR

• SIMILE

An image that represents a large or abstract idea.

• SYMBOL

• SIMILE

• ALLUSION

• ANECDOTE

showing how two items are different

• Problem/solution

• Contrast/juxtaposition

• Definition

• Cause and/or effect

presenting a topic as a problem and then relating the author’s solution

• Problem/solution

• Contrast/juxtaposition

• Definition

• Cause and/or effect

telling a story in order to support a thesis

• Problem/solution

• Contrast/juxtaposition

• Narration

• Cause and/or effect

The use of a series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar grammatical form.

• anaphora

• analogy

• repetition

• parallelism

A question that is asked without expecting an answer.

• examples/facts/statistics

• persuasion

• rhetorical question

• allusion