Rhetoric Devices

Calling something to mind without mentioning it directly

• Anecdote

• Allusion

• Tone

• Repetition

you do not do your homework, then the test will be difficult.

This step by step reasoning is an example of using

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

when coordinating conjunctions are used several times in close succession, particularly where conjunctions would normally not be present at all.

• Polysyndeton

• Hypophora

• Satire

• Asyndeton

the purposeful omission of coordinating conjunctions

• Asyndeton

• Litotes

• Euphemism

• Juxtaposition

the juxtaposition two contrasting or opposing ideas, usually within parallel grammatical structures.

• Antithesis

• Polysyndeton

• Hypophora

• Satire

a speaker or writer raises a question and then immediately answers it

• Hypophora

• Satire

• Asyndeton

• Litotes

a form of understatement in which a sentiment is expressed ironically by negating its contrary.

• Litotes

• Euphemism

• Juxtaposition

• Parallelism

statement that seems to contradict itself, but which, upon further examination, contains some kernel of truth or reason.

• Paradox

• Chiasmus

• Antithesis

• Polysyndeton

the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect

• Juxtaposition

• Parallelism

• Allusion

• Anecdote

the use of humor, irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to criticize something or someone.

• Satire

• Asyndeton

• Litotes

• Euphemism