Rhetorical Devices

_______________ means: a question someone asks without expecting an answer.

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• rhetorical question

• parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

________________ means: a repeated grammatical pattern

• anthimeria

• parallelism

• asyndeton

• antimetabole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

_____________ means: repetition of one or more words at the END of successive phrases or clauses

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• anthimeria

• apposition

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

_________________ means: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• antithesis

• parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

An allusion is:

• A repetition of words or phrases to add emphasis
• Something you think you see but is not actually there
• A reference to either a historical event or another text meant to make a connection between them
• A short story meant to draw in the audience and illustrate an idea.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

HYPERBOLE

• The recurrence of initial consonant sounds
• repeating words or phrases in reverse order
• makes an idea seem less important than it really is
• An exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

SIMILE

• A comparison that does not use like or as
• A comparison that uses like or as
• Pairing a compliment and a criticism to lessen the impact
• Connecting two things

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

OXYMORON

• A comparison between two things that uses like or as

• A connection that is made between two things

• The combination of two words of opposite meaning

• Words that imitate the sound they describe

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

METAPHOR

• A comparison between two things that uses like or as
• An exaggeration
• Repeating words or phrases for emphasis
• A comparison between two things that does not use like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

UNDERSTATEMENT

• An exaggeration
• Making an idea seem less important than it really is
• Repeating initial consonant sounds
• Using a word with an opposite meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4