Rhetorical Devices

Question 1

Idiom

Answer 1

A figurative or non literal phrase or expression that takes on a different meaning from its original form.

Eg: Money makes the world go round.

Question 2

Hyperbole/ exaggeration

Answer 2

Deliberately exaggerates conditions for emphasis or effect.

Eg: i’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

Question 3

Pun

Answer 3

A joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases are confused.

Eg: he said I was average, but he was just being mean.

Question 4

Repetition

Answer 4

We’re a word or phrases used multiple times to emphasize meaning.

Eg: too much too soon.

Question 5

Syntax

Answer 5

The usage of word, arrangement and punctuation to create one effect on readers.

Eg: Facebook, Instagram… (instead of using etc)

Question 6

Rhetorical device

Answer 6

Words are phrases that convey meaning provoke response from the audience and persuade them.

Eg: all of these terms

Question 7

Rhetorical question

Answer 7

A question that is not answered because its answer is obvious or obviously desired.

Eg: “social media for teenagers, threat or asset?”

Question 8

Alliteration

Answer 8

The repeating of the the same letter or sound, especially constant sounds

Eg: Micky Mouse

Question 9

Metaphor

Answer 9

A Comparison of two unlike things.

Eg: HE is a LION on the field

Question 10

Simile

Answer 10

A comparison of two unlike things using LIKE or AS.

Eg: her eyes are as blue as the ocean.

Question 11

Anecdote

Answer 11

A short story that is significant to the topic at hand, usually adding personal knowledge or experience to the topic.

Eg: the starting paragraph in the article “Zombie teens just need sleep”