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Rhetorical Devices In Action Flashcards

This list of rhetorical devices will help you prepare for your test this Friday. In this set you will be given an example of a rhetorical device and must remember the name of the device. In the other set, you will be given the definition, and must guess the name.

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981912014look at the lovely ladiesalliteration
981912015the passionate pursuit of perfectionalliteration
981912016It is so hot out I'm going to melthyperbole
981912017He is so tall he could play basketball with the moonhyperbole
981912018there are no u-turns on the road of lifemetaphor
981912019love is a delicate flowermetaphor
981912020happiness is like a fine winesimile
981912021he is as happy as a clownsimile
981912022Life is a roller coaster of emotions.metaphor
981912023Her eyes are two starsmetaphor
981912027"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."repetition
981912024The dark days of decemberalliteration
981912026It is a billion degrees out here today.hyperbole
981912025Her face is as red as a rose.simile
981912028We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender. (Winston Churchill)repetition
981912029I do not like them in a box. I do not like them with a fox. I will not eat them in a house. I do not like them with a mouse. I do not like them here or there. I do not like them ANYWHERE! (Dr. Seuss)repetition
982073923He fell down like an old tree falling down in a storm.Imagery
982073924He could hear the footsteps of doom nearing.Imagery
982073925The giant tree was ablaze with the orange, red, and yellow leaves that were beginning to make their decent to the ground.Imagery
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