Rhetorical Devices

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Simile

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Comparison using LIKE or AS

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Name this rhetorical device: A comparison using LIKE or AS

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simile

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A comparison without using like or as:

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Metaphor

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What rhetorical device means: a comparison without using like or as

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metaphor

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Assigning human qualities to something that is not human.

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Personification

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A word or phrase used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive:

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Euphemism

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The repetition of words at the beginning of a line:

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Anaphora

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Similar words, phrases, or clauses to show that ideas have the same level of importance:

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Parallelism

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Hyperbole

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An obvious and deliberate exaggeration

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A statement that minimizes the significance of something or says less than it means.

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Understatement