Transactional Writing Rhetorical Devices

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

Comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

Comparison between two things, not literally applicable.

Question 3

Juxtaposition

Answer 3

Two contrasting ideas side by side for effect.

Question 4

Repetition

Answer 4

Using word/phrase/idea multiple times.

Question 5

Semantic field

Answer 5

Constant theme/image throughout text.

Question 6

Rhetorical Question

Answer 6

Question used for rhetorical effect, needs to be answered in audience’s head, put thought in their mind + do something with it e.g return to it at end of piece of writing.

Question 7

Tricolon

Answer 7

Using three words/phrases to describe something.

Question 8

Direct Address

Answer 8

When you directly speak to your audience e.g personal pronouns.

Question 9

Hyperbole

Answer 9

When you over exaggerate something.

Question 10

Varied Sentence Structures

Answer 10

When you use different sentence structures by using either simple (short) or complex sentences.

Question 11

Personal Pronouns

Answer 11

They can either be dividing or unifying.

Question 12

Lists

Answer 12

They’re either polysyndetic or asyndetic.

Question 13

Polysyndetic List

Answer 13

List with conjunctions (e.g and/but/or).

Question 14

Asyndetic List

Answer 14

List with no conjunctions (usually there are just commas).

Question 15

Anecdote

Answer 15

Short funny/interesting story of real incident or person.

Question 16

Emotive Language

Answer 16

Language that evokes emotions.

Question 17

Fact/Statistic

Answer 17

Needs to be plausible, but it can be made up, attribute it.

Question 18

Opinion as Fact

Answer 18

When you say your opinion as if it’s fact

Question 19

Humour

Answer 19

Consists of comedy + sarcasm, use when appropriate + not too often.

Question 20

Irony

Answer 20

Expressing meaning by using language that normally means opposite.

Question 21

Analogy

Answer 21

Comparison between two or more things

Question 22

Contrast

Answer 22

When things are different to one another, can use at beginning + end of piece of writing.

Question 23

Antithesis

Answer 23

Exact opposite of something.

Question 24

Unifying Language

Answer 24

When you bring things together e.g personal pronouns like ‘royal’ we.

Question 25

Euphemism

Answer 25

Saying something in nicer way to avoid saying something considered unpleasant.

Question 26

Allusion

Answer 26

Evoking something without directly saying it.

Question 27

Synecdoche

Answer 27

Something is made to represent whole or vice versa.