Rhetorical Devices Review

Words that carry strong emotional connotations

• metonymy

• allusion

• charged words

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

"This policy is a plague on our city, a cancer to our way of life" contains an example of

• parallelism

• metaphor

• charged words

• restatement

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

________ is the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

________ is the repetition of a key word over successive phrases or clauses.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

is the opposition or juxtaposition of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction. Example: “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” (Muhammad Ali)

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

_______ is a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An example of anaphora is:

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An example of euphemism is:

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

An example of understatement is:

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6