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American Literature Academic Terms

Authored by Nakiya Beaman

English

6th Grade - University

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

anaphora

epistrophe

antithesis

parallelism

Tags

literary device

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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 

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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 

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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 

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

parallelism
repetition
restatement
analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

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