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Rhetorical Devices
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When words, which are close together, begin with the same consonant or sound. | Alliteration |
| The presentation of something being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | Understatement |
| An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. | Allusion |
| A figure of speech, where two contradictory things appear together. | Oxymoron |
| A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. | Metaphor |
| A figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other. | Antithesis |
| A comparison using like or as. | Simile |
| the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. | Personification. |
| The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect: | Irony |
| A way to state something that would normally be terribly offensive or negative in a positive or harmless light. | Euphemism |
| A grouping of letters that attempt to make a sound visible in print. | Onomatopoeia |
| The way a word makes you feel. | Connotations |
| The actual definition of a word. | Denotation |
| A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | Allegory |
| The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. | Anaphora |
| A pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, “if it ain't broke, don't fix it.” 2. A concise statement of a scientific principle, typically by an ancient classical author. | Aphorism |
| An exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent) or thing (typically one that is personified). | Apostrophe |
| The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. | Asyndeton |
| The repetition of the sound of a vowel. | Assonance |
| Visually descriptive or figurative language. | Imagery |
| A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true. | Paradox |
| The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc. | Parallelism |
| The use of irony to mock or convey contempt. | Sarcasm |
| “A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs (meaning “Cleveland's baseball team”) | Synecdoche |
| A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. | Anecdote |
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marismoreese
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