Creative Writing - Rhetorical Devices

A recurring device, formula or sutuation that often serves as the signal for the appearance of a character or event

• epiphany

• Bildungstoman

• Motif

• foil

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

"If I know one thing, it's that I know nothing"

This statement is a clear example of ....

• allusion

• paradox

• hyperbole

• allegory

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A person falls out of a high window, and just before he is crushed on the pavement, an open flatbed truck filled with mattresses drives by and catches him.

This is an example of

• hyperbole

• bildungsroman

• paradox

• deus ex machina

the author's choice of words

• motif

• perspective

• diction

• hyperbol

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The opening scene depicts the main character's death, and narrative proceeds in flashbacks that tell the story of how the character meets his demise.

This is an example of .....

• in medias res

• epigraph

• motif

• persona

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The voice or figure of the author who tells and structures the story, and who may, or may not, share the values of the actual author.

• perspective

• paradox

• persona

• epiphany

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Huckleberry Finn is an example of __________________ because the thirteen year old title character experiences moral and psychological growth as he travels down the Mississippi River with the slave Jim.

• paradox

• bildungsroman

• allegory

• in medias res

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Placing George and Lenny from Of Mice and Men side by side employs _________that highlights the differences and similarities between Steinbeck's characters in the novel.

• Satire

• epistolary

• Juxtaposition

• ambiguity

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

A piece of writing in praise of a deceased person

• Epistolary

• Epigraph

• Epitaph

• expository

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Use of language that has multiple meaning. Authors often employ it intentionally to add nuance to their writing.

• Juxtaposition

• Satire

• Ambiguity

• perspective

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6