Of the tropes listed in this table, how many would you say you could readily define?  If two or more of the terms are new to you, please visit the websites below for an explanation of the term(s).  Some websites even offer literary examples of each term. 

Once you think you know them all, take my practice quiz on the definitions of these tropes.  If you don't get 90% or higher, keep returning until you do. 

For even more practice, complete a matching exercise in which you match examples of literary devices with their names.  All examples are from Jack London's "To Build a Fire". 

Necessary Links:

The website entitled Silva Rhetoricae:  The Forest of Rhetoric provided by Gideon Burton of Brigham Young University is amazing!  Use the frames in both margins to look up concepts within rhetorical analysis and individual rhetorical terms. 

The webpage, A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples, is exactly that.  It is easily navigable and contains both definitions and examples of most of the terms listed above.  It is hosted by the University of Kentucky.

Rhetoric Resources at [Georgia] Tech has some very useful pages.  The ones on noteworthy figures within the field of rhetoric (such as Kenneth Burke and Stephen Toulmin)  are challenging, but worth scanning.  Additionally, please view the terms pages for at least the terms we've been discussing in class. 

*Information in the tropes table was taken from a handout entitled "Style Analysis:  Rhetorical Embellishment."  Sadly, the author is unknown.