Rhetorical Devices

He was a wolf among sheep. metaphor. simile. hyperbole.

The plate exploded into a million pieces. hyperbaton. hyperbole. alliterartion.

She sells seashells by the sea shore. Alliteration. Anaphora.

Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you are going to get. Analogy. Tetralogy. Oxymoron.

The thunder boomed and the lightning crashed. onomatopeia. synecdoche.

Finishing his memoir was his white whale. Allusion. Alliteration.

The treaty led to a "violent peace". oxymoron. satire.

When Senator Jackson said “numbers don’t lie,” he forgot that his first name wasn’t “Numbers.” (WRITE WHICH RHETORICAL DEVICE IS).

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength" (WRITE WHICH RHETORICAL DEVICE THIS IS).

It was as hot as a desert this morning. (WRITE WHICH RHETORICAL DEVICE THIS IS).

Ashley said it was a beautiful day while drying off from the drenching rain. (WRITE WHICH RHETORICAL DEVICE THIS IS).

The beautiful valley spread its arms out and embraced us. (WRITE WHICH RHETORICAL DEVICE THIS IS).

Scout tells the story of how she learned to read sitting on Atticus’s lap while he read aloud from newspapers. (WRITE WHICH RHETORICAL DEVICE THIS IS).

The baseball struck him in a sensitive area. (WRITE WHICH RHETORICAL DEVICE THIS IS).

This is a house, but I want a home. (WRITE WHICH RHETORICAL DEVICE THIS IS).

As a rhetorical device, m? means using euphemism to minimize the importance or significance of something.

"'Catherine Earnshaw', may you not rest as long as I am living! You said I killed you — haunt me, then!" (WRITE WHICH RHETORICAL DEVICE THIS IS).

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." (WRITE WHICH RHETORICAL DEVICE THIS IS).

Oh, yeah, John is a great guy. A great guy who took the last slice of pizza. (TO SHOW CONTEMPT) (WRITE WHICH RHETORICAL DEVICE THIS IS).

Mike likes Ike’s bike.

You need to listen to me and not "Clueless" Kevin over there.

"We shall fight on the beaches, We shall fight on the landing grounds, We shall fight in the fields and in the streets...".

The "gnashing" of teeth and "screeching" of bats kept me awake.

"It is very earnest to be Ernest.".

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. (par...).

A penny saved is a penny earned (aph?).

The commander had an army of 10,000 swords. (The people holding the swords were there, too.).

If Edgar Allen Poe had written this speech, it might have opened with “Here we are, weak and weary, gathered on a Monday dreary.” (n imitation of something with the intent to poke fun at it.).

He loved music from the cradle (birth) to the grave (death).

We’ll work on it on Sunday. No, let’s make that Monday—it’s the weekend after, all!.

Dog owners own dogs and cats own cat owners.

Get in, cause a distraction, get out. (the removal of conjunctions from a sentence.).

William Faulkner — Absalom, Absalom! "...and the rain came and the wind blew and the lightning struck...".

My life were better ended by their hate, than death prorogued, wanting of thy love.” —Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. foreshadowing. protoshadowing.

a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms.” It’s a story within a story.

From William Wordsworth — I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud: "A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze." Words like golden, fluttering, dancing, lake, and trees appeal to sight and movement.

“When the third dagger took him between the shoulder blades, he gave a grunt and fell face-first into the snow. He never felt the fourth knife. Only the cold…” —A Dance With Dragons, by George R.R. Martin, which ends on a c?.

Yoda — Star Wars "Powerful you have become. The dark side I sense in you.".

a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.

“Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to "hate". "Hate" leads to suffering.” (Ana?) — Yoda, Star Wars.

A specific type of hyperbaton where only one pair of words is inverted, often for emphasis or poetic rhythm. It typically affects just a verb and subject, or an adjective and noun. ("Spoke she the truth" INSTEAD OF "she spoke the truth".). anastrophe. apostrophe. apocope.

A broader term that includes any disruption of normal word order, sometimes affecting multiple parts of the sentence. It can involve separation or repositioning of adjectives, objects, and phrases far from their usual spots, often for emphasis, surprise, or rhythm. (Silent and cold stood the dark forest.). hyperbaton. polysyndeton.

“See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.” (epi?).

“He’s not unfamiliar with hardship.” (meaning: he knows hardship well) (li...).

“She broke his car and his heart.” (A single word governs two or more parts of a sentence, often with humorous or striking effect).