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Phrases, Clauses,Parallelism, Anaphora

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an independent clause?

a)

has a subject and verb combination and is a complete thought

b)

without a subject and verb combination and does not have a complete thought

c)

has a subject and verb combination and is not a complete thought

2.

What is a phrase?

a)

has a subject and verb combination and has a complete thought

b)

without a subject and verb combination and does not have a complete thought

3.

What is the group of words in RED?

I had a huge cup of coffee before I went to school.

a)

dependent clause

b)

independent clause

c)

phrase

4.
Books on every conceivable subject surrounded and towered over Mario; he couldn’t have been happier.
a)
PHRASE
b)
DEPENDENT CLAUSE
c)
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
5.

What is the group of group of words in RED?

We had a great time after the weather cleared.

a)

dependent clause

b)

independent clause

c)

phrase

6.

What is the group of words in RED?

Abhor is a verb since it is an action.

a)

dependent clause

b)

independent clause

c)

phrase

7.
Whenever the tide goes out, an island reappears in the canal.
a)
PHRASE
b)
DEPENDENT CLAUSE
c)
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
8.

________________ means: a repeated grammatical pattern

a)

anthimeria

b)

parallelism

c)

asyndeton

d)

antimetabole

9.

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

a)

anaphora

b)

epistrophe

c)

antithesis

d)

parallelism

10.

What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:

"We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne..."

a)

antithesis

b)

parallelism

c)

apposition

d)

epistrophe

11.

Identify the rhetorical device: Wear Nikes. People will notice, people will talk, because people want them.

a)

rhetorical question

b)

logos

c)

metaphor

d)

anaphora

12.

Identify the rhetorical device: The phone was ringing, the dishes were washing, and the dinner was burning.

a)

anaphora

b)

juxtaposition

c)

parallelism

13.

Identify the rhetroical device:"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness . . ." A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens

a)

anaphora

b)

parallelsim

c)

both anaphora and parallelism

d)

polysyndeton