Matching Pairs Rhetorical DevicesOnline version Match these rhetorical devices with their definitions by Shelley Lawson 1 Simile 2 Personification 3 Metaphor 4 Oxymoron 5 Parallelism 6 Allusion 7 Alliteration 8 Hyperbole 9 Irony 10 Rhetorical question 11 Analogy A question used for effect that does not require an answer: Why can't you just do as I say? Exaggeration: It was so hot outside that I couldn't breathe. Comparing two things in order to demonstrate their similarities, often in storylike form: In the same way that a parent nurtures a child, so too does a teacher encourage their students to grow. Using the same sound at the beginning of every word: Alice's Alarming Alligator. A comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as': She is as good as gold. Constructing different parts of a sentence to have the same grammatical structure: I like swimming, running and jumping. Sarcastic humour: Great, another week of lockdown. Giving an animal, inanimate object or idea human characteristics: The poetry spoke to me. Comparing two things without using 'like' or 'as': Your room is a disaster. A reference to a famous person or event: Don't be a Romeo! A paradox/self-contradiction reduced to two words: sweet sorrow
