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Funky, Fun, Fresh Inference Friday Rhetorical Repetition

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1.

In SZA’s Open Arms, she uses which type of rhetorical repetition to emphasize the ‘forever”: 

“I'm forever ridin' (whoa), 

you're forever guidin' (ayy)”

a)

mesodiplosis

b)

diacope

c)

antanaclasis

d)

polyptoton

2.

Dirty Heads choose to employ what type of rhetorical repetition to highlight the "say" in the lyric:

"say what you say"

a)

mesodiplosis

b)

diacope

c)

polyoptoton

d)

antanaclasis

3.

Jhené Aiko rhetorically expresses her pain with which repetitive stylistic device when she repeats:

"It don't even hurt anymore It don't even hurt"

a)

mesodiplosis

b)

diacope

c)

polyptoton

d)

antanaclasis

4.

Bruno Mars rhythmically assaults the listener with many repetitive stylistic devices to emphasize his points in Treasure, including this repetition that includes one or two words between the repeated word:

"But you're fine, so fine"

When you're mine, oh, mine

a)

mesodiplosis

b)

diacope

c)

antanaclasis

d)

polyptoton

5.

In his masterpiece entitle Poland, Lil Yachty rhetorically repeats

"I been leaning, baby girl, I been leaning", which is an example of this stylistic device that elaborates his point.

a)

mesodiplosis

b)

diacope

c)

polyptoton

d)

antanaclasis

6.

In the song Abandon Ship, Fin Argus uses which form of rhetorical repetition to rhythmically emphasize the effect of sound with parallelism in the "yo-yo-yo" repetition of this lyric:

"Yo-ho, yo-ho, yo-ho, yo-yo-yo, ho-yo, ho-yo, hoYo-oh-oh

Yo-ho, yo-ho, yo-ho, yo-yo-yo, ho-yo, ho-yo, hoYo-oh-oh"

a)

diacope

b)

mesodiplosis

c)

antanaclasis

d)

polyptoton

7.

The ringleader of effective rhetorical repetition use in song, Bruno Mars, uses which of the following rhetorical strategies for clarity & rhythmic emphasis in Too Good To Say Goodbye with this line:

"If we're gonna fight this fight for better days"

a)

diacope

b)

mesodiplosis

c)

polyptoton

d)

antanaclasis

8.

In Shakespeares's Sonnet 18, he uses which of the following forms of rhetorical repetition to dramatize two different meanings of "fair"?:

"And every fair from fair sometime declines"

a)

antanaclasis

b)

mesodiplosis

c)

diacope

d)

polyptoton

9.

In the Prologue of Romeo & Juliet, the playwright uses which of the following forms of rhetorical repetition to dramatize two different meanings of "civil"?:

"Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean."

a)

diacope

b)

mesodiplosis

c)

antanaclasis

d)

polyptoton

10.

In T-Pain's Bartender, he masterfully chooses to rhetorically dramatize with the repetition of the root same root word in this lyric:

"Ooh, she made us drinks to drink

We drunk 'em, got drunk".

Which of the following stylistic choices did he use?

a)

diacope

b)

mesodiplosis

c)

antanaclasis

d)

polyptoton

11.

In Solar Eclipse by Young Boy, the artist chose which of the following techniques to create parallelism with sound, rhythm & emphasis of the middle of consecutive sentences:

"Back in 8th grade, I swear I ain't have a thing baby

Since I got money I swear it ain't been the same baby"

a)

diacope

b)

antanaclasis

c)

polyptoton

d)

mesodiplosis

12.

In Die For You by The Weeknd, the artist chose to use which of the following rhetorical repetition forms in order to build the rhythm & emphasize the argument?:

"But, baby girl, I'm not blamin' you

Just don't blame me, too, yeah"

a)

mesodiplosis

b)

diacope

c)

polyptoton

d)

antanaclasis

13.

The beginning of Miguel's chorus in Sure Thing uses mesodiplosis of "like" along with the rule of 3 and what other repetitive rhetorical stylistic device in the lyrics:

"Love you like a brother

Treat you like a friend

Respect you like a lover"

a)

polyptoton

b)

diacope

c)

epistrophe

d)

antanaclasis