Rhetorical Devices - Formative Assessment - Amanda Russo | Library | Formative

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Metaphor		A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind (contains "like")
Simile		A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Foreshadow		The repetition of initial consonant letters or sounds in two or more different words across sentences, clauses, or phrase
Alliteration		Suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted
Anaphora		Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of a clause

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Hyperbole		Intentional exaggeration to create effect
Personification		Endowing non-human objects or creatures with human qualities or characteristics
Irony		The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or, incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs (situational, verbal, dramatic)
Oxymoron		A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true)
Onomatopoeia		The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named