Rhetorical Device
Definitions
Definitions
Deliberately downplaying a situation in order to make a point.
Understatement
Simile
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Not the sharpest tool in the shed, are we?
Sarcasm
What is the name of the group to whom/for whom something is created?
Intended audience
A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered harsher or too blunt.
Euphemism
Alliteration
Repeating consonant sounds at the beginning or middle of two or more adjacent words
I have a million things to do.
Hyperbole
Define tone.
The author/speaker's attitude toward their subject.
Repetition of words or a group of words at the BEGINNING of successive clauses.
Anaphora
Personification
Applying human traits/characteristics to an inanimate object
The fresh, tender oranges were sticky and sweet as we squeezed them to make juice.
Imagery
What do each of the letters stand for in DIDLS?
Diction
Imagery
Details
Language
Syntax
A conclusion or opinion that a reader reaches by means of his or her own thinking rather than direct statement.
Inference
Synecdoche
Using part of something to represent the entire whole
"Government of the people, by the people, for the people." - President Abraham Lincoln
Antistrophe OR asyndeton
Denote the word "city".
A large town. An area of significant size, population, or importance. A place where many people live and work.
When two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence in order to achieve a contrasting effect.
Antithesis
Asyndeton
No conjunctions between related clauses
He was a real Romeo with the ladies.
Allusion
Provide one positive connotation and one negative connotation for the word "unusual".
+ Positive: quirky, whimsical, interesting
- Negative: weird, freaky, kooky