Rhetorical Device Practice

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

The sentence below is an example of _____________________.

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

• Asyndeton

• Polysyndeton

• Climactic Order

• Parallelism

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

The sentence below is an example of ____________________.

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

• Parallelism

• Chiasmus

• Balanced Sentence

• Inverted Sentence

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

The sentence below is an example of ____________________.

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

• Parallelism

• Inverted Sentence

• Chiasmus

• Balanced

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

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

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.

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