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Rhetorical devices: definitions and examples

Kian Tomkins English 15 cards

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1Subject termDefinition
"Example"
Questions to use it in
2Direct AddressWhere the writer speaks directly to the reader
"Would You..."
LP2:5
3AlliterationWhere 2+ words in a row have the same first letter
"raging religiously"
LP1:2-5 LP2:3-5
4FactsStating something is true (must be realistic)
"85% of student who revise daily get above a 6"
LP2:5
5OpinionsWhere you state something you believe
"I believe that..."
LP2:5
6Rhetorical Questionwhere you ask a question that isn't expected to be answered (Answer it)
"... would you? Of course not!"
LP2:5
7Emotive languageWords or phrases designed to make the reader feel a specific emotion.
"...starving, dying..."
LP2:5
8StatisticsNumerical facts
"only 45% of people who don't revise pass"
LP2:5
9TriadA list of three terms
"sad, depressed, tired"
LP1:2-5 LP2:3-5
10Asyndetic listA list with no "and"
"fire,..., brimstone, pain."
LP1:2-5 LP2:3-5
11"ED" startthe first word of a sentence that ends with "ED"
"... . Payed,..."
LP1:5 LP2:5
12"ING" startthe first word of a sentence that ends with "ING"
"... . Paying..."
LP1:5 LP2:5
13"LY" startthe first word of a sentence that ends with "LY"
"... .Happily,..."
LP1:5 LP2:5
14Focus Shiftwhen the writer shifts focus to a different person, place, etc
"the boy...
the clown"
LP1:3-5
15Flashback / Analepsiswhen t