Rhetorical Devices 11/12 Honors Set 1

implicit comparison

• simile

• metaphor

• anadiplosis

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

comparison of two items using like or as

• rhetorical question

• metaphor

• parallelism

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

an indirect reference to something famous

• repetition

• metaphor

• allusion

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

repetition of the same words at the end of phrases or clauses

• anadiplosis

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• rhetorical question

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause

• anadiplosis

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

question designed to not be answered

• metaphor

• simile

• rhetorical question

• parallelism

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

understatement

• litotes

• hyperbole

• parallelism

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

exaggeration

• litotes

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences.

• Hyerbole

• Allusion

• Enumeratio

• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The direct opposite, a sharp contrast.

• Allusion

• Analogy

• Antithesis

• Amplification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5