Rhetorical Devices (ELA 10)
Across
- 4. when a question is raised and then immediately answered
- 6. comparing two unlike things
- 8. when the writer/speaker raises an objection to their own argument and then immediately answers it
- 9. a brief story used to make a point
- 10. when someone asks a question with the intention of making a point/where the answer is implied
- 13. a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification
- 14. two contrasting concepts back to back; usually involving parallel structure
Down
- 1. credibility
- 2. placing two elements side by side in order to make a comparison
- 3. appeal to emotion
- 5. a literary device which briefly and indirectly references a person, place, thing, or idea containing cultural, historical, literary, or political significance to the reader or author
- 7. an exaggerated word or phrase
- 11. the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
- 12. appeal to logic