Rhetorical Devices Definitions

comparison using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

comparison not using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

 question posed by the speaker which has an obvious answer, no answer, or is the argument the speaker or writer intends to answer in an effort to further prove their argument.

A special kind of comparison that helps to illustrate your point (not simile or metaphor)

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Repeated use of words, phrases, or clauses to emphasize its meaning .

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

reference to a text or typically historical, literary, Biblical, and/or current event.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

short story or account about a person or event that is typically amusing, informative, entertaining, or biographical in nature

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

Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of successive words; effect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

deliberate extreme exaggeration of a person, thing, quality, event to emphasize a point

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A