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Sound Devices
Rhetoric
Mixed Bag
Examples of...
100
It occurs when a statement or situation means something different from (or even the opposite of) what is expected.
What is irony
100

The repetition of words with the same sound in a poem.

What is a rhyme 

100
When a speaker uses words or phrases that appeal to the emotions of the audience 

What is an pathos

100
The highest point of intensity in a short story.
What is the climax
100
Example: Don't judge a book by its cover.
What is a cliché
200

Something that stands for more than itself 

What is a symbol

200
The word sounds like what it describes.
What is onomatopeia
200

When a speaker uses facts, figures and statistics express their position 

What is logos

200
A technique used in which a writer will plant clues or subtle indications about events that will happen later in the narrative.
What is foreshadowing
200

Example: Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore 

What is alliteration 

300

The implied attitude of the speaker toward the subject or the audience.

What is the tone

300
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

What is alliteration

300

When a speaker uses their credibility or authority to appeal to their audience 

What is ethos 

300
The insight about life that is revealed in a literary work.
What is theme
300

Example: That pizza is calling my name. 

What is personification 

400

A comparison using like or as 

What is a simile

400

the rhythmic structure of a line or verse in poetry, which is created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables.

What is meter 

400

A literary device that refers to a person, place, event, or another work of literature in an indirect or implied way. The reader is then expected to make the connection between the reference and the work

What is allusion 

400
A sudden perception, interpretation, or enlightenment experienced by a character in literature.
What is an epiphany
400
In the middle of a hurricane someone says: "Lovely weather we are having"

What is verbal irony or sarcasm

500

Language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes - to appeal to the senses 

What is imagery (or sensory imagery)

500

The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse.

What is assonance

500

When a speaker addresses someone or something that is not literally there: "O Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo?" or "Death, be not proud" 

What is apostrophe

500

A poem that has 14 lines using a range of rhyme schemes, usually with 10 syllables per line. 

What is a sonnet 

500

Example: LeBron James is good at basketball.

What is an understatement