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rhetorical devices
Question | Answer |
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allusion | reference to another work/famous figure |
anecdote | short + simple narrative of an incident, often for humorous effect or to make a point |
hyperbole | exaggeration |
imagery | appealing to the 5 senses |
irony | when the actual outcome/meaning is opposite of what is expected |
litotes | (a form of understatement) saying the opposite of what is meant for irony by using the negative |
metaphor | one thing is referred to as another (no like or as) |
metonymy | substitute a symbol for whole |
paradox | seemingly contradictory statement with an underlying truth |
personification | giving human qualities to non-human things |
simile | comparing two different things using like or as |
synecdote | a part of something used to represent the whole |
diction | word choice (correctness, clarity, effectiveness) |
denotation | dictionary definition of a word |
connotation | implied/suggested meaning of a word |
colloquialism | informal words/phrases specific to a region |
repetition | repeating the same words/phrases |
anaphora | repeating the beginning phrases |
understatement | minimizing something |
syntax | sentence structure |
parallelism | technique of using words (phrases/clauses/sentences) by placing them side by side and making them similar in structure |
asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between words/phrases |
polysyndeton | use of conjunctions instead of commas |
rhetorical question | question asked for dramatic affect/to make a point rather than to get an answer |
antithesis | balancing (syntax) of contrasting ideas |
Varied. | anecdote |
"Hey Stretch!" (to a short person) I'm not entirely without appetite. | litotes |
The PEN is mightier than the SWORD. | metonymy |
I can resist anything but temptation. | paradox |
Nice wheels! All hands on deck! | synecdote |
"Bloke" "Crik" "Hoagie" "ain't" "ya'll" | colloquialism |
Like father, like son. To err is human, to forgive divine. | parallelism |
He eats, sleeps, drinks. | asyndeton |
He eats and sleeps and drinks. | polysyndeton |
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice. | antithesis |