American Literature Academic Terms

_________________ means: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• antithesis

• parallelism

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literary device

The repetition of initial phrases at the beginning of a sentence is which of the following rhetorical devices?

• A. Metaphor 
• B. Satire 
• C. Anaphora 
• D. Irony 

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

When a person or author makes an indirect reference in speech, text, or song to an event or figure. Often the allusions made are to past events or figures, but sometimes allusions are made to current famous people or events.

• A. A. Imagery 
• B. Alliteration 
• C. Rhetoric 
• D. E. Allusion 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A question asked to make a point, not that you want an answer is which of the following rhetorical devices? 

• A. Imagery 
• B. Personification 
• C. Rhetoric 
• E. Rhetorical Question 

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which rhetorical device uses a comparison to something very different to help someone understand a larger idea?

• parallelism
• repetition
• restatement
• analogy

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is Epistrophe?

• Regular Repetition

• A clause, set of words or word repeated at the start of a sentence

• A clause, set of words or word repeated at the end of a sentence

• A clause, set of words or word repeated in the middle of sentence

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

All but ONE of the following is an example of Epistrophe: SELECT THE EXCEPTION

• I care for this class. I enjoy this class. I love this class.

• I have pride in myself. I am confident in myself. I love myself.

• I love cats. I love dogs. I love animals.

• I woke up late today. I arrived late today. I am going to stay up late today.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This method of persuasion requires a credible authority to convince the audience.

• ethos
• pathos
• logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Examples of this method of persuasion include statistics, research, data, and facts.

• ethos
• logos
• pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Method of persuasion that appeals to EMOTIONS and FEELINGS.

• ethos
• pathos
• logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5