Rhetorical Choices
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Alliteration
What is Allusion
an author makes a brief, indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary
work, or artwork, relying on the audience's shared cultural knowledge to understand the
reference and its deeper meaning
What is Irony
highlights a contrast between appearance and reality, or between expectation and outcome, to create a meaning or understanding that goes beyond the literal.
What is Juxtaposition
a device that places two or more elements, such as ideas, characters, images, or settings, next to each other to highlight their differences, reveal surprising similarities, or explore their relationship and create meaning
Give an example of understatment
"Tis' but a scratch!"
- The black night from Monty python and the holy grail
a general term for two opposing ideas placed together is the definition for what Rhetorical device
Contradiction
Example of Allusion
Bible?
Example of irony
Reserving a church building to avoid the rain only for the fire alarm to go off and you still get wet
Give a personal example of hyporble
I'm so bored om going to die
Which Rhetorical choice can be grammatically incorrect
Shifts (Tone or Pronouns)
Give example of a metaphor
The snow was a blanket to the Earth
Metaphor compares 2 alike things.
True or False
False
What does imagery do...
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
The Rhetorical device for a character speaking directly to an absent or nonexistent person, an inanimate object, or an abstract idea, as if it were present and able to understand Is Mentally unwell And/or schizophrenic.
True or False
False
Always, always, always, ALWAYS name the type of diction
True or False
TRUE