rhetorical devices in night

Question 1

literary elements used to convince or persuade an audience

Answer 1

rhetorical devices

Question 2

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech and writing

Answer 2

diction

Question 3

the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences (can be fragments too)

Answer 3

syntax

Question 4

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Answer 4

anaphora

Question 5

a literary device that uses multiple repetitions of the same conjunction (and, but, if, etc.) most commonly the word “and” Ex: To be safe, she washed her hands and used hand sanitizer and wore a mask and stayed six feet away from everyone.

Answer 5

polysyndeton

Question 6

comparison of two unlike things using like or as

Answer 6

simile

Question 7

implied comparison not using like or as

Answer 7

metaphor

Question 8

giving inanimate objects human qualities

Answer 8

personification

Question 9

the substitution of the name of an attribute for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive or the track for horse racing

Answer 9

metonymy

Question 10

a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa Ex: All hands (crew or sailors) on deck or wheels for cars

Answer 10

synecdoche

Question 11

vivid description and details that appeal to the senses

Answer 11

imagery