Rhetorical Devices

Question 1

Repetition

Answer 1

the repeated use of certain words, phrases, or sentences

Question 2

parallelism

Answer 2

the repeated use of similar grammatical structures

Question 3

rhetorical question

Answer 3

calling to the issue implying an obvious answer

Question 4

alliteration

Answer 4

the repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginning ex. sally sells seashells

Question 5

assonance

Answer 5

when vowel sounds repeat

Question 6

rhythm

Answer 6

the pattern of beats or stresses in spoken or written language
ex. poem

Question 7

onomatopoeia

Answer 7

BOOM, CRASH, BANG POW, SWOOSH

Question 8

simile

Answer 8

comparing two seemingly unlike things or asserting that one thing as another

Question 9

figurative language

Answer 9

any langauge that is not meant to be taken literally

personification, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox, allusion

Question 10

imagery

Answer 10

any langauge that appeals to the five senses

Question 11

anaphora

Answer 11

repitition of the same group of words at the beginning of the successive sentences clauses or phrases

Question 12

syntax

Answer 12

how font appears on the page

Question 13

What are the sound devices?

Answer 13

assonance
alliteration
rhyme
rhythm
onomatopeia
consonance

Question 14

rhyme

Answer 14

the repetition of sounds at the ends of words

Question 15

restatement

Answer 15

expressing the same idea using different words

Question 16

consonance

Answer 16

when consonants repeat but not the first letter