Epistrophe

Epistrophe

10th Grade

25 Qs

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Epistrophe

Epistrophe

Assessment

Quiz

English

10th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.2.4, L.4.5, RI.11-12.5

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

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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