Rhetorical Devices

An implied or hidden comparison between two unrelated things.

• Simile

• Metaphor

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A form of repetition in which the last word of one clause or sentence is repeated as the first word of the following clause or sentence.

• Anadiplosis

• Euphemism

• Liotes

• Parallelism

• Enthymeme

A rhetorical device in which the writer/speaker omits a major or minor premise. This persuades the audience through implied arguments.

• Parallelism

• Enthymeme

• Litotes

• Euphemism

• Paradox

A writer or speaker speaks directly to someone who is not present or is dead, or speaks to an inanimate object.

• Anadiplosis

• Apostrophe

• Antithesis

• Analogy

• Anaphora

An understatement that uses double negatives; a figure of speech that expresses a positive statement using its opposite expressions.

• Parallelism

• Enthymeme

• Litotes

• Euphemism

• Paradox

A comparison in which an idea or thing is compared to something different.

• Anadiplosis

• Euphemism

• Antithesis

• Analogy

• Enthymeme

Using elements in sentences that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter.

• Parallelism

• Enthymeme

• Litotes

• Euphemism

• Paradox

An idiomatic expression that uses polite, indirect phrases to replace words and phrases considered harsh and unpleasant.

• Parallelism

• Enthymeme

• Litotes

• Euphemism

• Paradox

The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect. [It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom.]

• Anadiplosis

• Euphemism

• Antithesis

• Analogy

• Anaphora

Replaces the name of a thing with one of its parts. (i.e. referring to a car by "wheels")

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Paradox