Rhetorical Strategies list 10

Question 1

Hyperbole

Answer 1

intentional exaggeration to create an effect

Question 2

Imagery

Answer 2

the use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the five senses.

Question 3

Understatement

Answer 3

a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is. An understatement usually has an ironic effect as an equally intense response is expected in severe situations but the statement in response is the opposite of what was expected

Question 4

Irony

Answer 4

the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or, incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs.

Question 5

Alliteration

Answer 5

the repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words