Rhetorical Devices 

 
Rhetoric​:_____________________________________

____________________________________________

Speech:

__________________________

Martin Luther King Jr.

Initial Thoughts​:

Repetition​: Example:

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Metaphor Simile

a comparison of two 
seemingly unlikely things 
that actually share common 
characteristics​. 

Metaphor Example: Simile Example:

Metaphor Drawing: Simile Drawing:

2
 ____________________​: Extending a phrase or a sentence, often
repeating the phrase, with elaboration and embellishment

Example​:​ ​Her ​love​ was great, a ​love​ filled with the purity 
of a thousand suns and extended to the far reaches of 
the Earth.  
Allusion​: _________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

Allegory Analogy
Using one easy to understand

_______________ to explain a

more difficult ______________ .

Example:

Animal Farm

by George
Orwell

3
Alliteration​: the _________________ of the initial letter in a string of
words.

Example: My mother make many miraculous mittens.

Assonance Consonance
the repetition of the repetition of

_____________________ _______________________
sounds sounds

Example: The pitter patter of the clay

entranced the man who made
pottery.

__________________​: contrast made clearer by using contrasting

language.

“Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing”

4
Parallelism​:the use of components that are ___________________ in

_____________________.

Example:

Anaphora​: _________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

Example:

“If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, 

do we not laugh?” 

Shakespeare ​The Merchant of Venice 

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 Rhetorical Strategies in MLK’s speech 

Allegory   
 
 
 
 
 
 

Alliteration    
 
 
 
 
 
 

Allusion   
 
 
 
 
 
 

Amplification    
 
 
 
 
 

Anaphora    
 
 
 
 
 

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Antithesis    
 
 
 
 
 
 

Metaphor    
 
 
 
 
 

Parallelism   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Repetition