RHETORICAL DEVICES Techniques an author or speaker uses to convey meaning to the reader or listener.

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RHETORICAL DEVICES Techniques an author or speaker uses to convey meaning to the reader or listener.

ANALOGY: COMPARISON OF TWO THINGS THAT ARE ALIKE IN SOME RESPECTS.

METAPHOR A TYPE OF ANALOGY; LIKENS TWO DISSIMILAR THINGS TO EACH OTHER USING “IS”

SATIRE A LITERARY STYLE USED TO RIDICULE AN IDEA OR A HUMAN VICE OR WEAKNESS

IRONY A SITUATION CHARACTERIZED BY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT IS EXPECTED OR UNDERSTOOD AND WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS OR IS MEANT

JUXTAPOSITION PLACING TWO ITEMS SIDE BY SIDE TO CREATE A CERTAIN EFFECT, REVEAL AN ATTITUDE, OR ACCOMPLISH SOME OTHER PURPOSE

ANAPHORA REGULAR REPETITION OF THE SAME WORD OR PHRASE AT THE BEGINNING OF SUCCESSIVE PHRASES OR CLAUSES

DENOTATION THE DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF A WORD; THE DIRECT AND SPECIFIC MEANING snake: 1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and non-venomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.

CONNOTATION WHAT IS IMPLIED BY A WORD

ASYNDETON THE PRACTICE OF OMITTING CONJUNCTIONS BETWEEN WORDS, PHRASES, OR CLAUSES

EPIGRAPH QUOTE SET AT THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY WORK OR AT ITS DIVISIONS TO SET THE TONE OR SUGGEST A THEME Brothers, men who live after us, Let not your hearts be hardened against us, Because, if you have pity for us poor men, God will have more mercy toward you. -Francois Villon