Rhetorical Devices - Formative Assessment

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3 questions
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Draggable itemCorresponding Item
Alliteration
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
Metaphor
The repetition of initial consonant letters or sounds in two or more different words across sentences, clauses, or phrase
Foreshadow
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
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5
Draggable itemCorresponding Item
Onomatopoeia
Intentional exaggeration to create effect
Personification
Endowing non-human objects or creatures with human qualities or characteristics
Oxymoron
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)
Irony
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true)
Hyperbole
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
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3
Draggable itemCorresponding Item
Logos
Appeal to credibility
Pathos
Appeal to reason or logic
Ethos
Appeal to emotion