Rhetorical Devices #5

parallelism where balanced elements presented in reverse order ("The code breakers worked constantly but rarely suceeded.")

comparing two different things by identifying points of similarity, often several differences ("In order to solve a problem, find its source like you find a knot to untie it.")

noun that redescribes or renames another noun next to it ("The last cookie -- a gingerbread man with one leg -- was left on the plate after the party."_

feeling/atmosphere an audience perceives based on speaker's diction; how audience feels

description using senses in a literal or figurative way

direct address to someone/something; "You poor stockholders! If only you had known about those secret partnerships!"

extended comparison between unlike things with an obvious dissimilarity; "My heart is like a free online game that people seem to be playing with."

word that imitates the sound the word names; "The mosquitoes were buzzing."

repeating vowel sounds in stressed syllables of successive words; "SO FLOWS the river, its WHOLE LOADS going past the town."

repeating same consonant sound at end of stresed syllables (NOT RHYMING); "The FLAT-bottomed BOAT began to ROT."