Rhetorical Devices (ELA 10)

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