Rhetorical Devices

Front

What is the term for appeals to the reader's emotions?

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Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

Front

What is the umbrella term that includes simile and metaphor?

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Analogy

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.L.6.5B

Front

What is the term for arranging two or more things side-by-side for comparison and contrast?

Back

Juxtaposition

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CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

Front

What is the term for vivid descriptions that appeal to the five senses?

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Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

Front

What is the term for appeals to the reader's logic through facts, statistics, and research?

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Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

Front

What rhetorical device uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect?

Back

Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

What is the term for a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

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Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Front

What rhetorical device involves the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words?

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Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Front

What is the term for a statement that seems contradictory but reveals a truth?

Back

Paradox

Front

What rhetorical device involves addressing an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction?

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Apostrophe

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4