Rhetorical devices vocabulary wall by avillagomez6

Allusion

avillagomez6 — 2014-02-14 05:41:56 UTC

An indirect or casual reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or object.

Ex: "Fly my pretties, fly" - The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

The example provided is an allusion that is used to refer back to The Wizard of Oz. An allusion is just a reference to something else , as shown by the above example

Alliteration

avillagomez6 — 2014-02-14 05:43:11 UTC

The recurrence of initial consonant sounds.

Ex: "Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers."

The example shows how often alliteration is used mostly in poetry to convey a sort of rhythm to a text.

Imagery

avillagomez6 — 2014-02-14 05:44:50 UTC

The author uses words and phrases to create "mental images" for the reader.

Ex: The image as shown displays the actual senses that a text has to appeal to in order for the reader to "picture " the descriptive text.

Metaphor

avillagomez6 — 2014-02-14 05:45:51 UTC

A meaning or identity ascribed to one subject by way of another.

Ex: The image provides a variety of examples that shows implication of comparison between 2 subjects that seem unrelated

Oxymororn

avillagomez6 — 2014-02-14 05:46:53 UTC

A significant literary device as it allows the author to use contradictory, contrasting concepts placed together manner that actually ends up making sense in a strange, and slightly complex manner.

Ex: The image displays 2 opposite actions side by side each other such as they do in texts.

Paradox

avillagomez6 — 2014-02-14 05:50:26 UTC

The use of concepts/ ideas that are contradictory to one another, yet, when placed together they hold significant value on several levels.

Ex: "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" Paradoxes make your brain work to the point of SHUTDOWN! Sometimes there's no answer, and that's the job of paradoxes in text.

Personification

avillagomez6 — 2014-02-14 05:52:17 UTC

The practice of attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate objects, phenomenon, and animals.

Ex: The picture may be stupid, but it shows just how personification works. The combination of human to nonhuman traits are what comes from personification.

Hyperbole

avillagomez6 — 2014-02-14 05:53:24 UTC

The author uses specific words and phrases that exaggerate and overemphasize the basic crux of the statement in order to produce a grander, more noticeable effect."

Ex: Another stupid photo , but the change in color of the word "you" provides emphasis that only the reader can comprehend to an emotional appeal

Juxtaposition

avillagomez6 — 2014-02-14 05:56:13 UTC

The author places a person, concept, idea, place, or theme parallel to another

Ex: In juxtaposition there is a lot of parallel parts in the text that connect as a whole. Yin & Yang, Black vs. White, Father vs. Mother, Brother vs. Sister are all examples of parallel themes that contribute to the rhetorical device of juxtapostion

Antithesis

avillagomez6 — 2014-02-14 05:57:29 UTC

Contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence.

Ex: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"- A Tale of Two Cities .

The quotation is an example of antithesis. The "best/ worst " part of the quotation is what makes the statement the rhetorical device we know it by. From the use if opposing adjectives, it is a balanced sentence.