AP LANG - Rhetorical Devices & Patterns

Anything that can be related to with one of the five senses.

• IMAGERY

• ANECDOTE

• METAPHOR

• REPETITION

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.3D

a short story

• REPETITION

• ANECDOTE

• METAPHOR

• SIMILE

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Word choice.

• DICTION

• REPETITION

• PERSONIFICATION

• METAPHOR

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A reference to a person, event, or place in history, religious texts, or literature.

• REPETITION

• ALLUSION

• DICTION

• ANECDOTE

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The comparison of two or more unlike things. - equates

• REPETITION

• METAPHOR

• DICTION

• SIMILE

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A comparison of two or more unlike things using a comparative word such as "like" or "as."

• REPETITION

• METAPHOR

• DICTION

• SIMILE

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The act of giving human attributes to inanimate objects.

• PERSONIFICATION

• ANECDOTE

• METAPHOR

• DICTION

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The repeated use of a word.

• REPETITION

• ANECDOTE

• METAPHOR

• DICTION

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The bright red light beamed into the stark room.

• REPETITION

• ALLUSION

• METAPHOR

• IMAGERY

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"John told the children about World War I," said the narrator.

• REPETITION

• ALLUSION

• METAPHOR

• IMAGERY

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4