RDLEs

An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. "the movie is a ___________ of the horror genre"

• litotes

• comedic

• satire

• parody

As a literary device it is a metaphor in which a character, place or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.

• allegory

• metonymy

• syllogism

• invective

The recurrence of initial consonant sounds - rubber baby buggy bumpers

• personification

• alliteration

• synecdoche

• litotes

A literary device that can be defined as a statement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic.

• pathos

• reasonable

• logos

• ethos

The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is

• oxymoron

• understatement

• consonance

• assonance

A form of logical reasoning that joins two or more premises to arrive at a conclusion. For example: "All birds lay eggs. A swan is a bird. Therefore, a swan lays eggs."

• rhetoric

• syllogism

• logos

• parallelism

The person for whom a writer writes, or composer composes.

• speaker

• poet

• audience

• persona

This represents credibility or an ethical appeal which involves persuasion by the character involved.

• credulity

• ethos

• characterization

• logos

Repeats a word or expression for emphasis - Love, real love, takes time.

• rhetoric

• chiasmus

• eponym

• amplification

A method of convincing people with an argument drawn out through an emotional response.

• ethos

• rhetorical triangle

• pathos

• logos