rhetorical devices techniques an author or speaker uses to convey meaning to the reader or listener
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RHETORICAL DEVICES
Techniques an author or speaker
uses to convey meaning to the
reader or listener.
ANALOGY:
COMPARISON OF TWO THINGS THAT ARE ALIKE IN SOME
RESPECTS.
METAPHOR
A TYPE OF ANALOGY; L IKENS TWO DISSIMILAR THINGS TO EACH
OTHER USING “ IS”
SATIRE
A LITERARY STYLE USED TO RIDICULE AN IDEA OR A HUMAN VICE OR
WEAKNESS
IRONY
A S I T UAT I O N C H A R A C T E R I Z E D BY S I G N I F I C A N T D I F F E R E N C E B E T W E E N W H AT I S E X P E C T E D O R U N D E R S T O O D A N D W H AT
A C T UA L LY H A P P E N S O R I S M E A N T
JUXTAPOSITIONP L A C I N G T W O I T E M S S I D E BY S I D E T O
C R E AT E A C E RTA I N E F F E C T, R E V E A L A N AT T I T U D E , O R A C C O M P L I S H S O M E O T H E R
PU R P O S E
ANAPHORAR E G U L A R R E P E T I T I O N O F T H E S A M E W O R D O R
P H R A S E AT T H E B E G I N N I N G O F S U C C E SS I V E P H R A S E S O R C L A U S E S
DENOTATION
THE DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF A WORD; THE DIRECT AND SPECIFIC
MEANINGsnake: 1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and non-venomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
CONNOTATION
WHAT IS IMPLIED BY A WORD
ASYNDETON
THE PRACTICE OF OMIT TING CONJUNCTIONS BETWEEN WORDS,
PHRASES, OR CLAUSES
EPIGRAPH
Q U O T E SE T AT T H E B E G I N N I N G O F A L I T E R A RY W O R K O R AT I T S D I V I S I O N S T O
SE T T HE T O N E O R SU G G E ST A T HE M E
Brothers, men who live after us,Let not your hearts be hardened against us,Because, if you have pity for us poor men,God will have more mercy toward you.
-Francois Villon