Rhetorical devices
0.0(0)
Studied by 2 people
View linked note
Call Kai
Learn
Practice Test
Spaced Repetition
Match
Flashcards
Knowt PlayCard Sorting
1/13
There's no tags or description
Looks like no tags are added yet.
Last updated 4:52 AM on 5/28/23
Name | Mastery | Learn | Test | Matching | Spaced | Call with Kai |
|---|
No analytics yet
Send a link to your students to track their progress
14 Terms
1
New cards
Rhetorical question
A question that is not expected to be answered
2
New cards
Personal anecdote
A short story about an experience in the speaker’s life
3
New cards
Inclusive language
Using words such as ‘we’, ‘our’, ‘us’ and ‘them’
4
New cards
Tricolon
Repeating something three times with similar length and form
5
New cards
Emotive language
The use of select language and techniques
6
New cards
Anaphora
Repeating the beginning of a sentence
7
New cards
Simile
Comparing one thing to another using ‘like’ or ‘as’
8
New cards
Repetition
Saying something multiple times, be it a word or a phrase
9
New cards
Metaphor
Comparing one thing to another by saying it ‘is’
10
New cards
Rule of three
Repeating things three times, eg. Three adjectives, three body paragraphs
11
New cards
Sensory imagery
Using words and phrases that appeal to the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch
12
New cards
Humor
Using jokes and comedy
13
New cards
Trivialising
Using words like ‘just’, ‘simply’, ‘only’ and ‘hardly’
14
New cards
Personification
Applying human characteristics to something non-human / abstract ideas
