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Rhetorical Devices

Rhetorical Devices. alliteration. Repetition of a sound to create effect on the audience. allusion. Reference to another piece of literature #1=Bible #2-Shakespeare #3=classical mythology http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzmihD76YzE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YgFXEKN8Gs. anaphora.

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Rhetorical Devices

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  1. Rhetorical Devices

  2. alliteration • Repetition of a sound to create effect on the audience

  3. allusion • Reference to another piece of literature • #1=Bible • #2-Shakespeare • #3=classical mythology • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzmihD76YzE • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YgFXEKN8Gs

  4. anaphora • Repetition of a word/phrase/clause at the beginning of sentences for emphasis!

  5. climax • Highest point of the speech

  6. hyperbole • total exaggerations to produce effect

  7. irony • Verbal-say one thing and mean another • Dramatic-the audience knows something the actors do not(soap operas) • Situational-expect one thing but something else happens

  8. “I’ll make them an offer they can’t refuse.” • You know who the murderer is on CSI before they solve the case • Katrina hit New Orleans in Aug., 2005; Isaac hits New Orleans in Aug., 2012. • The one thing Joe Paterno wanted to protect is now being dismantled.

  9. metaphor • Comparison of two items not using “like” or “as”

  10. metonym • a part represents the whole item • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LrIktXVJQ8&feature=related

  11. onomatopoeia • The word imitates the sound • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evUzS6K-5Wg

  12. personification • Giving human qualities to inanimate objects

  13. praeteritio • You say you are not going to mention an item, but you just did!

  14. simile • Comparison using “like” or “as” to give the reader a visual comparison

  15. triad • Group of 3 words/phrase/clauses/sentences to establish a pattern

  16. parallelism • Same grammatical structure repeated over and over to produce balance • http://www.youtube.com/user/EducatorVids3?v=4IU6yTz86DU

  17. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfwbMiZUZ0M&feature=related

  18. Asyndeton vs. polysyndeton • “poly” means conjunctions=too many conjunctions • slows down your sentence because the speaker must add all the conjunctions • “a” means away from conjunctions=no conjunctions • could speed up the sentence because no conjunctions—could create a sense of urgency and hurry up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Ziy1HVgXk

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