English 11 rhetorical/literary devices
Metaphor
two or more different things/ideas are asserted to be the same by a direct comparison
simile
A definitively stated comparison of two or more different things/ideas using words like or as
Understandment
A statement that deliberately represents something as smaller/less intense or less important than it really is
Diction
A writer's intentional word choice intended to convey a particular effect
Rhetorical question
Questions that are asked for the purpose of directing listeners to a specific, simple response and are not meant to be answered
Rhetoric
The art of persuading through speaking or writing
Connotation
The emotional/inventive understanding of a word; the implicit rather than explicit meaning of a word. Words can have a (+) (N) (-) connotation
Imagery
The use of words to capture a sensory experience: slight = visual, sound = audial, touch = tactile, smell = olfactory, taste = gustatory
Allusion
a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing
Symbol
any object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself—such as a quality, attitude, belief, or value.
Irony
discrepancy between what is said and what is meant, what is said and what is done, what is expected or intended and what happens, what is meant or said and what others understand