Names
Comparing objects using the words "like" or "as" (Ex. He was as bright as a bulb.)
Simile
Metaphore
Comparing two different things without the words like or as
The World Health Organization says that coffee isn't healthy for you.
Ethos
An article posts links to everything they researched both within the actual article and at the bottom.
Logos
Giving human characteristics to something that isn't human. (Ex. The sun embraced us with its warmth)
Personification
Intentional exaggeration (Ex. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse)
Hyperbole
Irony
The opposite of a literal meaning, often a contrast to what is known vs what is stated.
Studies show that teenagers naturally sleep later than most people and thus need to sleep longer.
Logos
The main character of a book is crying as they clumsily explain their emotions with words.
Pathos
The use of fictional characteristics to parallel something happening in real life. (Ex. Animal farm using its characters to mirror communism)
Allegory
Using humor (usually in exaggeration) to make fun of a topic most people recognize.
Satire
Sarcasm
Using Irony to mock something
The author of an article about marine biology is themself a marine biologist.
Logos
The author is asking if something is really so bad if it's for the sake of justice.
Ethos
Using repetition to increasingly place importance on what's being said. (Ex. “If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it.")
Amplification
A short reference to another item, person, and or place. (Ex. "If only it was Icarus flew too close to the sea, then that'd fit Esmerelda."
Allusion
Rhetorical Question
A question that isn't intended to be answered.
A speech makes mention that they too, have kids and siblings, and that they too are devastated at the turn of events.
Ethos
A person giving a speech brings up how their god would be displeased with everyone there, saying how none of them will ascend into the next plane if they continue their path.
Pathos
A word that imitates the sound it's referring to. (Ex. The thunder boomed)
Onomatopeia
Contradictory terms (Ex. The silence was deafening)
Oxymoron
Alliteration
repetition of a singular sound throughout a sentence, often the first couple of letters in a word.
an author keeps making fun of a serious topic in an almost satiric sense.
Pathos
Someone argues that since they didn't know about what was happening, then they shouldn't be held responsible for it.
Logos
A statement that seems contradictory but actually makes sense. (Ex. Youth is wasted on the young)
Paradox