Rhetorical devices
Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of successive word(s) related to each other in some way
Is the definition for what Rhetorical Device?
What is Alliteration?
The fire glowed its smile onto their faces
What is the rhetorical device?
What is Personification
a figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or event. Real or imaginary
what is an allusion
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose/criticize people's stupidity or vices
A lot in politics.
what is satire
what is this?
One in ten Americans has diabetes, so it's important to monitor blood sugar levels
what is logos
What is syntax
In Frankenstein, the monster's comparison to Adam and Satan is an example of what? (and references to Paradise Lost)
compares two different things using like or as
What is a simile
author's word choice: Correctness, clearness, or effectiveness (one word).
what is diction
What is this?
An English professor who has been working for 45 years tells you that you used a semicolon incorrectly.
What is Ethos
Personification (give definition)
human qualities given to non-human things.
She was as busy as a bee is an example of what?
what is Simile
compares two different things without like or as
What is this? (ethos, pathos, logos)
Although approximately 3.1 to 3.3 million dogs enter U.S. shelters each year, of those, roughly 1.6 million are adopted.
what is logos (statistic)
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of SUCCESSIVE clauses
what is Anaphora
"This is the ultimate driving machine." (BMW)
Is an example of what rhetorical device?
What is hyperbole
exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally
What is a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary personified abstraction, such as liberty or love
ex. "Hello darkness, my old friend." Shakespeare
What is an Apostrophe
"Junior year has been a rollercoaster of emotions."
Is an example of what rhetorical device?
What is a metaphor?
two different things side-by-side to emphasize their differences to create a deeper meaning
What is junxtaposition
"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."
What is paradox