CATEGORY 1
THIS DEFITION IS FOR WHAT RHETORICAL DEVICE?
A brief recounting of a relevant episode or story.
anecdote
I once had a border collie. She was so smart! Every morning, I'd open up the front door and she'd run out, pick up the newspaper and deliver it to my husband at the breakfast table.
WHAT TYPE OF RHETORICAL DEVICE IS IN THIS EXAMPLE?
anecdote
The way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. It is sentence structure and how it influences the way a reader perceives a piece of writing.
syntax
An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language
invective
A story, fictional or non fictional, in which characters, things, and events represent qualities or concepts. The interaction of these characters, things, and events is meant to reveal an abstraction or a truth.
Lord of the Flies is an example of this type of story.
A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief.
EXAMPLES:
“God helps them that help themselves,” and “A watched pot never boils.”
aphorism
THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT RHETORICAL DEVICE?
You can't get a job without experience, and you can't get experience without getting a job.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Less is more.
The only constant is change.
You have to spend money to make money.
The only rule is there are no rules.
A statement that seems contradictory, but is actually true.
paradox
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the end of words or within words.
“Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door"
pitter-patter, splish-splash, and click-clack.
Consonance
Two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses, or even ideas, with parallel structure.
EXAMPLES:
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”
No pain, no gain.
antithesis
An evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, tone, and other literary devices
style
A figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements, as in "jumbo shrimp" or "deafening silence."
oxymoron
A satirical imitation of a work of art for purpose of ridiculing its style or subject.
parody
a question that isn’t intended to be answered. The point of asking the question is to make an audience think or to cause an emotional reaction.
rhetorical question
An overstatement characterized by exaggerated language
EXAMPLE:
“My mother will kill me if I am late.”
hyperbole
Placing dissimilar items, descriptions, or ideas close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast
EXAMPLES:
juxtaposition
—A figure of speech which makes brief, even casual reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or object to create a resonance in the reader
allusion
Snap, rustle, boom, murmur are examples of this rhetorical device
Onomatopoeia
Sensory details in a work; the use of figurative language to evoke a feeling, call to mind an idea, or describe an object; involves any or all of the five senses
imagery
a common or familiar type of saying, similar to an adage or an aphorism.
EXAMPLES:
"y'all", "gonna", "ain't", "wicked", and "spill the tea"
colloquialism
An appeal to emotions and interests of readers; considered the most powerful appeal and the most immediate
pathos
A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness
satire
“policeman,” “cop,” and “The Man" are examples of this
the associations suggested by a word. Implied meaning rather than literal meaning.
connotation
For example, if your gym teacher wants you to run a mile in five minutes or faster, but calls it a "walk in the park"
irony
using grammatically similar phrases or sentences together.
Example: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
parallelism
Similar to mood, this describes the author’s attitude toward his and her material, the audience, or both.
tone