Rhetorical Devices

"The heart that feels not now is dead:the blood of his children will curse his cowardice"

"Why did I do it? There is no quick explanation."

"You are a big baby!"

"We have men and arms and planes and tanks."

A question to which no answer is expected and where the question emphasizes the obvious answer

"Playing Frankenstein, the actor Boris Karloff rambled, raged, and roared."

The repetition of a number of conjunctions in close succession. Most often involves "and."

"All hands on deck!"

"She had the determination of Rosa Parks."

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." 

"give me liberty, or give me death"

"But when shall we be stronger? Will it be next week, or the next year?  Will it be be when..."

"Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation?"

Comparing literary devices to the tools in a tool box is an example of...

"Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!" (Shakespeare, King John)

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or evoke humor

The use of a series of words, phrases or sentences that have similar grammatical form

"I am going to be grounded for the rest of my life!"

"I am so hungry I could eat a horse."

"The leaves danced in the wind."

'Why stand we here idle?  What is it that gentlemen wish?" (Patrick Henry)

Live. Laugh. Love.

"My love for you is a red rose."