Epistrophe

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English
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10th Grade
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Hard
+3
Standards-aligned
Sarah Williams
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25 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify the rhetorical devices used in the following sentence: "For no government is better than the men who compose it, and I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best."- John F. Kennedy
anaphora
epistrophe
hyperbole
apposition
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify the rhetorical devices used in the following sentence: Where affections bear rule, their reason is subdued, honesty is subdued, good will is subdued, and all things else that withstand evil, for ever are subdued.
anaphora
epistrophe
apposition
antithesis
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
means: repetition of one or more words at the END of successive phrases or clauses
anaphora
epistrophe
anthimeria
apposition
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:
"And that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
asyndeton
antimetabole
apposition
epistrophe
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of a sentence, lines, or clauses (example: See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.)
metaphor
anaphora
imagery
epistrophe
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences?
onomatopoeia
alliteration
metaphor
epistrophe
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is epistrophe?
A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life
The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds
The same expression repeated at the end of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences
Words which are inaccurate if interpreted literally, but are used to describe
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
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