The following sentence is an example of _______________.

"Most hockey games lead to broken ribs or sprained knees or dislocated shoulders -- or even worse."

• Asyndeton

• Polysyndeton

• Chiamus

• Freight Train

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The sentence below is an example of _____________________.

"Their friendship endured in spite of arguments, boyfriends, distance.

• Asyndeton

• Polysyndeton

• Climactic Order

• Parallelism

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The sentence below is an example of ___________________.

"Value-judgements are founded on the study of literature; the study of literature can never be founded on value-judgements."

• Parallelism

• Balanced Sentence

• Chiasmus

• Inverted Sentence

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The sentence below is an example of ____________________.

"Through the broken windows of the house entered the burglars."

• Parallelism

• Chiasmus

• Balanced Sentence

• Inverted Sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The sentence below is an example of ________________.

"Mosquitoes. Blackflies. Bears. That was all the information I needed to decline the invitation to go camping."

• Polysyndeton

• Asyndeton

• Periodic Sentence.

• Sentence Fragment

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The sentence below is an example of ____________________.

"...it was the spring of hope; it was the winter of despair."

• Parallelism

• Inverted Sentence

• Chiasmus

• Balanced

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The sentence below is an example of ____________________.

"Her ideas were brilliant because they were thorough. Her ideas were brilliant because they included everyone. Her ideas were brilliant because they were simple."

• Tricolon

• Rule of Three

• Anaphora

• Anastrophe

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The sentence below is an example of ___________.

"It is important to give yourself separate times to study and to socialize."

• Balanced Sentence

• Polysyndeton

• Parallelism

• Antithesis

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Identify the purpose of the dash in the sentence below.

"Jim was proud of his hard work and effort -- to lie and cheat."

• To entertain

• To show an interruption

• To add non essential information

• To elaborate on an idea or point.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The sentence below is an example of _________________.

"As they heard his words, they were satisfied, happy, inspired."

• Polysyndeton, climactic order, parallel

• Parallel, asyndeton, climactic order

• Parallel, climactic order, fragment

• Rule of three, fragment, climactic order

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D