Quarter 2 Vocabulary List
allusion
anachronism
anaphora
antithesis
aphorism
asyndeton
chiasmus
hyperbole
litotes
metonymy
paradox
polysyndeton
synecdoche
tricolon
zeugma
Rhetorical Devices
Vocabulary Assignment:
Select 15 of the rhetorical devices (from the list on your left) and copy the definition or explain the term in your own words, and write an original example or two illustrating the device.
For example,
Diacope: an expression of deep feeling created by repeating a word or phrase with another word or phrase between.
-Run! The ringwraiths are attacking! Run!
-We’re doomed! The city is in ruins. We’re doomed!
-Spring! Ahh! Spring!