Rhetorical Devices (ELA 10)

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Across
  1. 3. a literary device which briefly and indirectly references a person, place, thing, or idea
  2. 7. a reference to an event, place, person, or idea without explicitly naming it
  3. 9. a comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”
  4. 10. words or phrases that aren’t meant to be taken literally
  5. 12. an exaggerated word or phrase
  6. 13. when someone asks a question with the intention of making a point/where the answer is implied
  7. 14. a type of metaphor where something being compared is referred to by something closely associated with it
  8. 15. when a word or phrase is repeated
Down
  1. 1. makes an understatement by using a negative to emphasize a positive
  2. 2. a comparison between two unlike things by saying something literally is something else
  3. 4. a figure of speech using a word that is a part to represent a whole, a whole to represent a part or a material to represent an object
  4. 5. two contrasting concepts back-to-back; usually involving parallel structure
  5. 6. refers to the recurrence of initial consonant sounds / a series of words that start with the same letter or sound
  6. 8. uses words or phrases with a similar structure
  7. 11. creates a two-word paradox