Rhetorical Devices Review

Words that carry strong emotional connotations

• metonymy

• allusion

• charged words

• figurative language

"This policy is a plague on our city, a cancer to our way of life" contains an example of

• parallelism

• metaphor

• charged words

• restatement

________ is the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.

________ is the repetition of a key word over successive phrases or clauses.

_______ is a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.

is the opposition or juxtaposition of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction. Example: “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” (Muhammad Ali)

_______ is a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

An example of anaphora is:

An example of euphemism is:

An example of understatement is: