Rhetorical Devices - Elias Estigarribia

Simile - Comparing something using like or as

The yondr pouches at school make it feel like a prison

Metaphor - Comparing two different things by saying one thing is the other.

Quarters at ASA are a marathon not a race, you have to stay consistent to finish strong.

Hyperbole - exaggerating something to emphasize a point

Mr Hoyt's history book was millions of pages long.

Understatement - presenting something as less than it actually is

"I slept well." After staying all night finishing up US History assignments

Alliteration - The repetition of a particular letter at the start of words in a sentence

I rapidly ran to my desk to not be late to Enlgish class

Allusion - mentioning something as a reference to the object or thing at hand.

Enoc is the Stephen Hawking of my math class.

Asyndeton - listing things without conjuctions

I studied, I took it, I aced the Guarani test

Polysyndeton - listing things using a repeated conjuction.

Tonight I have homework from Mr Hoyt and Mr Howard and Mrs Hoyt and Mr Pintasilgo.

Hypophora - Asking a question then directly answering it

Why should we listen to teachers? Because they know whats best for us to learn

Rhetorical Question - a question not to be answered but to draw attention to something or emphasize a point

Why do we go to school from 8 am? Why do we have homework?

Analogy - a comparison between two things to explain more clearly.

English class is like a puzzle, every interactive lecture and lesson is a piece to our final exam.

Onomatopeia - the use of a word associated with a sound

Woosh went the papers as Mr's Hoyt collected the tests from students when time ran out

Apostrophe - refers to someone or something not present

I was mad because I could not check my grades, Oh' Renweb how much can you lag.

Tricolon - the use of 3 parrallel phrases or elements in a sentence

Hard work pays off, consistency continues, academic success follows.

Personification - giving inanimate objects human qualities

My pen dashed across the paper as I hurriedly finished the rhetorical analysis essay.

Irony - an expression that means the opposite of whats being said.

Im so glad I got homework from all of my classes today

Juxstaposition - writing 2 contrasting things next to one another to emphasize comparison.

The 11th grade english class was silent when taking their test, while in the 10th grade class next door was noisy and loud.

Repetition - repeating the same word or phrase over again for emphasis.

I have so much work, work for english, work for history, work this work that, can't the work just stop.