Rhetorical devices

Parallelism

Repetition of written structures or ideas

Hypophora

Speaker first asks a question (at the beginning of the speech), then answers it (What is that promise? It’s a promise that says each of us has the freedom to make of our own lives what we will, but that we also have the obligation to treat each other with dignity and respect. —Barack Obama, August 28, 2008)

Repetition

Letters, syllables, sounds, clauses, phrases, and ideas

Anaphora

Repetition of phrases or a word in the beginning of a sentence

Antithesis

Figure of speachfocusing on opposites or contrasts

Figurative Language

Similes, metaphors, and personification

Triplets

Three and fours

Polysyndeton

Many conjunctions without commas (exp. 'I need to buy eggs and milk and bread and cheese.')

Allusions

Reference to popular/well known person, place, or thing (the bible, story's, presidents)

Direct Address

Speaking to the people in the audience

Emotive Language

Specific language used to evoke emotion (loaded)