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Flashcards by Abbie Gray , updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Abbie Gray
over 4 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Rhetorical devices | —- |
| Analogy | -explains one thing in terms of another -used to help the reader/audience understand the point. |
| Anaphora | -repetition of word or phrase -creates rhythm. |
| Hyperbole | -over exaggeration -allows the writer to add significance to a point to make it more persuasive and believable |
| Metaphor | -comparison -can be used to familiarize the original thing and helps create the image in the reader or audiences mind |
| Onomatopoeia | -a word imitating its sound. -creates an image as majority are familiar with the noises created by these words. |
| Oxymoron | -a two-word paradox -used to dramatize the thing because of the extreme contrast. |
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