Rhetorical Devices

This bingo card has a free space and 24 words: Alliteration: repetition of initial or medial consonants in two or more adjacent words. Peter Piper picked a peck…, Allusion: referring to a famous person, event, or work. I’m no Einstein, but I think that may be dangerous., Anaphora: repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of phrases, clauses, or sentences., Anastrophe: inversion of the natural or usual word order. Chocolate does not a diet make., Antithesis: the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas. To err is human; to forgive, divine., Assonance: the repetition of similar vowel sounds in two or more adjacent words. Mad as a hatter., Asyndeton: deliberate omission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. We came, we saw, we conquered., Climax: arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in order of increasing importance. Miss America was eager to serve her family, her community, and her nation., Ellipsis: deliberate omission of a word or words, which are readily implied by the context. The Master´s degree is awarded by thirty-two departments, and the Ph.D. by thirty-three., Epanalepsis: repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause. Blood hath brought blood, and blows answer´d blows., Euphemism: the substitution of less pungent words for harsh ones, with ironic effect. The schoolmaster corrected the slightest fault with his birch reminder. (instead of whip), Expletive: a single word or phrase, usually interrupting normal syntax, used to lend emphasis to the words immediately proximate to the expletive. This is, I might add, a rough schedule., Hyperbole: the use of exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect. His eloquence could split rocks., Hypophora: raising questions, then answering them. What behavior is uniquely human? My theory is that..., Litotes: the use of deliberate understatement for emphasis or effect. Hitting that telephone pole certainly didn't do your car any good., Metaphor: implied comparison between two things of unlike nature, yet which have something in common. The question of federal aid is a bramble patch., Onomatopoeia: using words, that sound like what they mean. Drip, crackle, bang, snarl pop!, Oxymoron: a paradox reduced to two words. I do here make humbly bold..., Paradox: a statement that appears to be contradictory but, in fact, has some truth. He worked hard at being lazy., Paranthesis: insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentence. There is even - and it is the achievement of this novel - a curious sense of happiness running through the paragraphs., Personification: investing abstractions or inanimate objects with human qualities or abilities. The ground thirsts for rain., Pun: word play If we don't hang together, we´ll hang separately., Rhetorical Question: asking a question, not for the purpose of eliciting an answer but for the purpose of asserting or denying something obliquely. What could you be thinking? and Simile: an explicit comparison, usually using "like," "as," or "than" between two things of unlike nature yet that have something in common. Silence settled over the audience like a block of granite..

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