English Language GCSE
Rhetorical devices
What Rhetorical devices means in English Language GCSE, as defined for Eduqas.
Definition of Rhetorical devices
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Used deliberately, such as a rhetorical question to involve the reader, antithesis to sharpen a contrast and parenthesis to add a pointed aside.
Topics that use Rhetorical devices
- Subject Content - Scope of Study (Eduqas GCSE)
Related terms
- Accurate use of linguistic and literary terminology
- Active listening
- Adapting register to audience and context
- Analysis of language, form and structure across texts
- Anecdote
- Audience and purpose
- Bias and misuse of evidence
- Cohesion and coherence
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