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This is an example of this device's usage:
Mary had a little lamb, Johhny had a little lamb, Toby had a little lamb, they all had a little lamb.
What is an epistrophe?
This is an example of this device's usage:
The plan was simple: hack the mainframe, steal the data, sell it to Boss, reap the benefits.
What is an asyndeton?
This is an example of this literary device:
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
What is an aphorism?
a short amusing story about a real incident/person
it builds credibility and demonstrates a message
What is anecdote?
What does Ms. Lehman teach?
What is AP Lang?
This device is the repetition of a word or phrase at the start of successive clauses or sentences.
What is an anaphora?
This device is a type of question that doesn't expect a response but rather prompts the audience to reflect on a subject, helping the speaker emphasize their claim.
What is a rhetorical question?
This device is an example of something or the act of giving an example of something to relate/add to a larger point.
What is exemplification?
When is Spring Break?
When is Friday?
Ex: Less is more.
A statement that goes against itself and defies logic, which can reveal a deeper meaning.
what is paradox?
What is hyperbole?
This device is the usage of specific words and figurative language that create a separate meaning from its literal interpretation.
What is an idiom?
Who is the president?
Who is Donald Trump?
the rhetorical contract of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words or clauses
what is antithesis?
Example:
what is juxtaposition?
This is an example of this device's usage:
Joey had to mow the lawn and wash the dishes and sweep the kitchen and clean his room all before his mom got home.
What is a polysyndeton?
How many seconds in a day?
What is 86,400 seconds?
Example:
Tod ate my cheetos and didn't even ask! Tod is quite... peculiar.
what is euphemism?
Judge, I tell you that you will see swayed votes down the "bench."
-A concept that is referred to by the name of something associated with the concept
metonymy
Ex: "She has all my love; my heart belongs to her."
What is chiasmus?
What time does Tomball High School let out (as of 2025)?
This is an example of this device's usage:
And thus Hank bellowed to the class, "Y'all got no idea what it's like to have so much things 'n' stuff on your plate an' always wanna lay in bed all day."
What is colloqualism?
when a part of an idea is used in place of the idea itself or with the oppostive- it is to convey a complex idea in a simple manner
What is synecdote?
the expansion of a statement narrative for rhetorical purposes
What is amplification?
What is parallelism