Devices/Appeals
A sentence with several words that begin with the same consonant sound would be using this device.
What is alliteration?
What is a conjunction?
This rhetorical device uses zero conjunctions.
What is asyndeton?
The cat smiled serenely as it clawed my leg.
What is personification?
The "shot heard around the world" is an example of this device.
What is hyperbole?
This rhetorical device involves two unlike things being compared using like or as. ex: Her hair was as red as fire.
What is a simile?
Adding and expanding on an idea or information, almost to a comical point.
What is amplification?
"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times."
What is juxtaposition?
This rhetorical device involves the deliberate exaggeration of a situation. ex: He ate everything in the house.
What is hyperbole?
"We're very sorry, but your great uncle has passed away" would be an example of this device.
What is euphemism?
The three types of appeals
What is Ethos, Pathos, Logos?
A question asked for an effect, and not actually requiring an answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
"Why you'd have to do that? Because you're a jerk, that's why!"
What is hypophora?
This rhetorical device is a subtype of parallelism. It is defined as the exact repetition of words at the beginning of phrases. ex: The "I Have a Dream" speech.
What is anaphora?
This rhetorical device involves a direct or indirect reference to something which is commonly known. ex: Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities.
What is an allusion?
When comparing two things directly, even though they are not usually alike, a writer would be using this device.
What is a metaphor?
This rhetorical device involves the direct omission of conjunctions often producing a rapid tempo. ex: "They dove, splashed, floated, splashed, swam, snorted."
What is asyndeton?
"Without a healthy economy, we can't have a healthy society. And without a healthy society, the economy won't stay healthy for long."
What is anadiplosis?
"The manor-- designed for beauty and grace, built for durability and strength, and located for privacy and safety-- was the ideal home for those three children."
What is parallelism?
A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity
What is paradox?
This device involves referencing a famous work of art, a historical event that has been recorded in writing, or a piece of literature.
What is allusion?
What is epistrophe?
"All animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
What is paradox?
This is the definition of anadiplosis.
What is repeating a similar word or phrase at the end of one line and the beginning of the next?
Constructing different parts of a complex sentence in an equal manner using the same grammatical structures.
What is parallelism?