Rhetorical Devices Flashcards
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Rhetorical question
A
Ask a question without expecting an answer
2
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Hypophora
A
Deliberately asks a question and then answers it for you
3
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Sound patterns
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Alliteration/assonance
4
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Collective pronouns
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Include the audience e.g. we,us
5
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Anaphora
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Repeating words/phrases at the start of a clause
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Epiphora
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Repeating words/phrases at the end of a clause
7
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Emotive language
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Appeals to emotions
8
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Figurative language
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e.g. metaphor, simile, personification etc.
9
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Triadic structure
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Groups of three
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Antithesis
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Using opposites
11
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Hyperbole
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Over-exaggeration
12
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What are the rhetorical devices?
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