Rhetorical Devices and Strategies 1-10

Active vs passive voice:

• Active voice is when the subject of the sentence receives the action, while passive voice is when the subject performs the action.
• Active voice creates a stronger, more concise sentence. By contrast in a sentence using passive voice, the action appears before the subject, often creating a confusing sentence.

• Active voice and passive voice are the same thing.
• Active voice is used for past tense sentences, while passive voice is used for present tense sentences.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.1

Allusion:

• A type of punctuation used to separate items in a list
• A type of metaphor that compares two unrelated things
• A figure of speech that makes a reference to a place,person or something that happened.

• A form of irony where the opposite of what is expected happens

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Alliteration:

• Alliteration is a form of figurative language.
• Alliteration is a type of rhyme in poetry.
• Alliteration is a literary device that involves the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Anadiplosis

• the repetition of the last word or words of a sentence or clause at or near the beginning of the next.

• the repetition of a word or phrase

• recurrent symbol or motif in literature

• consists of omitting conjunctions

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Anaphora

• Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
• Repetition of a word or phrase in the middle of successive clauses or sentences.
• Repetition of a word or phrase at random places in a sentence.
• The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Antithesis

• Contrast of two ideas by placing them next to each other almost always in a parallel structure.

• The combination of two similar ideas, words, or phrases within a parallel grammatical structure.
• The repetition of the same idea, word, or phrase within a parallel grammatical structure.
• The absence of any opposing ideas, words, or phrases within a parallel grammatical structure.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Apostrophe

• Recurrent symbol or motif in literature.

• A direct address to someone whether present or absent.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Archetype

• The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a successive clause

• Recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology.

• Contrast of two ideas be placing them next to each other almost in a parallel structure.

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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

Asyndeton

• Inclusion of conjunctions at the beginning of a sentence
• Omission of punctuation marks in a sentence
• Consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses in a list.

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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

Axiom definition

• Axiom is a scientific theory that has been extensively tested and proven
• A statement or proposition that is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true.

• Axiom is a philosophical concept that cannot be proven or disproven
• Axiom is a mathematical statement that is accepted as true without proof

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1