Rhetorical Devices

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Alliteration

Back

Repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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Anaphora

Back

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Antithesis

Back

Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Front

Metaphor

Back

Figure of speech that says one thing is another in order to explain by comparison.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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Parallelism

Back

Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Front

Pathos

Back

Appeal to emotion.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Front

Archaic Diction

Back

Old-fashioned or outdated choice of words.

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

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Imagery

Back

Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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Cumulative Sentence

Back

Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning and then builds and adds on.

Front

Allusion

Back

Brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4