Linguistic devices
Stylistic devices
Rhetorical devices Part 1
Rhetorical devices Part 2
Forms of appeal
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What is irony

Expressing your opinion by stating the opposite.

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What is a metaphor

Visual language used to express certain qualities of a thing or person by equating it with another.

200

What is sarcasm

Using irony to mock or put someone down, conveying contempt for the person.

200

What is direct address

The use of ‘you’, ‘your’, ‘we’, ‘our’, etc. draws the reader into the context.

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What is logos

Appealing to the audience’s sense of reason or logic to persuade them.

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What is simile

Visual language used to express certain qualities of a thing or person

300

What is idiom

Using a turn of phrase to convey what you mean to say.

300

What is contrast

Presenting two ideas, persons, situations or things as opposites or contrasts, for example evil vs. good.

300

What is rhetorical question

Asking a question not to get an answer, but to make a point.

300

What is pathos

Appealing to the audience’s feelings and emotions to persuade them.

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What is personification

Assigning personality, soul, thought or feeling to an otherwise unfeeling object

400

What is hyperbole

Using exaggeration to the extremes. Hyperboles are not supposed to be taken too literally.

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What is enumeration

Listing a series of details or examples helps to build up emphasis.

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What is anaphora

Using the same words or phrases at the beginning of a sentence or clause.

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What is ethos

Appealing to the audience’s sense of trust in the speaker, in order to persuade them.

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What is alliteration and give an example 

Using a number of words beginning with – or containing – the same consonant or vocal sound

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What is euphemism and give an example

When something seems too harsh to say it directly, you use a euphemism to make it less blunt, direct or harsh.

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What is oxymoron and give an example

Using two apparently contrasting words or phrases together.

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What is Epiphora and give an example

Using the same words or phrases at the end of a sentence or clause.

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What is another way to refer to logos, pathos and ethos

Forms of appeal