Chloe 2025 ELA rhetorical devices

the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in several consecutive or neighboring words

• alliteration

• allusion

• analogy

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect

• alliteration

• antithesis

• anaphora

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words

• asyndeton

• assonance

• irony

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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

the use of a word or phrase that is less expressive or direct but considered less distasteful or offensive than another

• imagery

• asyndeton

• euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

a deliberate, extravagant and often outrageous exaggeration used for either serious or comic effect

• hyperbole

• connotative diction

• paradox

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

the repitition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses; it helps to establish a strong rhythm and produces a powerful emotional effect

• anecdote

• anaphora

• antithesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession or group

• metaphor

• jargon

• paradox

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a comparison of two unlike things not using like or as

• personification

• metaphor

• polysyndeton

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a device in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another, often creating an effect of surprise and wit

• juxtaposition

• parallelism

• paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

a statement in support of a particular truth, fact or claim

• statistics

• simile

• testimonial

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5