9th Grade Rhetorical Terms Flashcard

9th Grade Rhetorical Terms Flashcard

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English

9th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.2.4, RI.11-12.5, L.4.5

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is antithesis?

Back

A rhetorical device that juxtaposes opposing ideas to emphasize differences and create meaning.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is personification?

Back

A figure of speech that gives human attributes to non-human things.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is an allusion?

Back

A reference to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature, without explicit identification.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is polysyndeton?

Back

The deliberate use of more conjunctions than necessary in a sentence.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is parallelism?

Back

A rhetorical device that acts as an organizing force and provides a musical rhythm in writing.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a simile?

Back

A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a metaphor?

Back

A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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