WorksheetsRhetorical Device Practice
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 26mins
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
Look at the image from the New York Times and Identify the rhetorical device.
The neighbour, armed with a shovel, warmly dressed, and eager to help, appeared at my doorstep.
Freight-train sentence
Interrupted movement
Periodic sentence
Tricolon
She wanted the lightness back, the confidence, the strength.
Polysyndeton and tricolon
Asyndeton and tricolon
Parallel Structure and tricolon
Parallel Structure and climactic order
Take a look at the New Yorker cartoon. The caption is an example of what device?
Balance Sentence
Chiasmus
Inverted Order
Polysyndeton
I want you to listen, and then I expect you will follow, and then I know you will succeed.
Interrupted Movement
Polysyndeton
Freight-Train Sentence
Parallel Structure
Jen and Kim walked slowly to class (which was their favourite class).
Interrupted Movement
Antithesis
Tricolon
Parentheses
Create an example of POLYSYNDETON that describes your day.
Create a freight-train sentence about your favourite people.
The scientist's findings, seemingly quite alarming, have not yet been confirmed.
Freight-Train Sentence
Asyndeton
Parenthesis
Interrupted Movement
Create a balanced sentence about TWO people.
"All great writer's steal. Dostoyevsky. Shakespeare. Everyone. Anyway it was our story; it was always ours."
Tricolon, Asyndeton, Parallel Structure
Fragment, Climactic Order, Periodic
Tricolon, Fragment, Balanced
Fragment, Periodic, Balanced
