Rhetorical Devices 1

Fill in the blank: "The associations people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition. Many words have ____________ that create emotions or feelings in the reader."

• allusions

• hyperboles

• connotations

• juxtaposition

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is parallelism, or parallel structure?

• Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. This can happen at the word, phrase, or clause level.

• Style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.

• The repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences.

• The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!" is an example of

• juxtaposition

• anaphora

• apostrophe

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is the dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word?

• diction

• denotation

• allusion

• connotation

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Diction is

• a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or personified quality, object, or idea.

• the dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word.

• the style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.

• the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the definition of an apostrophe as a literary device?

• The projection of characteristics that normally belong only to humans onto inanimate objects, animals, deities, or forces of nature.

• A figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or personified quality, object, or idea.

• The repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences.

• A punctuation mark ( ’ ) used to indicate either possession (e.g., Harry's book ; boys' coats ) or the omission of letters or numbers (e.g., can't ; he's ; class of ’99 ).

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which of the following is an example of anaphora?

• "My grandmother is as old as the hills."

• “My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.”

• "Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

  How I wonder what you are."

• “Tell them to be good, tell them to follow their elders, and tell them to mind their manners.”

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

________ is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text.

• allusion

• apostrophe

• anaphora

• anthropomorphize

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• The world is a stage.

• Your eyes are like sunshine.

• The iron gates looked down at them cruelly.

• She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Juxtaposition is

• a style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.

• the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

• a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or personified quality, object, or idea.

• a technique in which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions, or entire behaviors to animals, non-human beings, natural phenomena, or objects.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5