Rhetorical Devices #1-11
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- Q1repeating initial consonant soundsallusionoxymorononomatopoeiaalliteration30s
- Q2a short, informal reference to a famous person or eventallusionpersonificationsimilealliteration30s
- Q3extreme exaggerationoxymoronparallelismalliterationhyperbole30s
- Q4language that evokes one or all of the five senses; language that “paints a picture”metaphorimageryallusionpersonification30s
- Q5comparison not using “like” or “as”similerhetorical questionmetaphorallusion30s
- Q6use of words that imitate the sound the word describespersonificationonomatopoeiahyperbolerhetorical question30s
- Q7using contradictory words togetherrhetorical questionalliterationoxymorononomatopoeia30s
- Q8the similar construction of parts of sentences or of entire sentencesparallelismrhetorical questionalliterationallusion30s
- Q9represents an animal or an inanimate object as humanhyperboleallusionpersonificationonomatopoeia30s
- Q10offering question not intended to be answered (because the answer is obvious)metaphorrhetorical questionparallelismimagery30s
- Q11comparison using “like” or “as”onomatopoeiaoxymoronmetaphorsimile30s