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WorksheetsAdvanced Rhetorical Devices
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which of the following best defines anadiplosis?
A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis.
C) Understatement for effect, often to emphasize the opposite.
D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural.
Which of the following best defines anaphora?
A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis.
C) Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.
D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural.
Which of the following best defines aposiopesis?
A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis.
C) Breaking off abruptly in speech for rhetorical effect.
D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural.
Which of the following best defines symploce?
A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis.
C) Simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe.
D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural.
Which of the following best defines antithesis?
A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis.
C) Use of contrasting concepts, words, or sentences within parallel grammatical structures.
D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural.
Which of the following best defines epanalepsis?
A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis.
C) Repetition at the end of a clause of the word or phrase that began it.
D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural.
Which of the following best defines chiasmus?
A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis.
C) Understatement for effect, often to emphasize the opposite.
D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural.
Which of the following best defines litotes?
A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis.
C) Understatement for effect, often to emphasize the opposite.
D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural.
Which of the following best defines epizeuxis?
A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis.
C) Immediate repetition of a word for emphasis.
D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural.
Which of the following best defines epistrophe?
A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis.
C) Repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.
D) Understatement for effect, often to emphasize the opposite.
Which of the following best defines syllepsis?
A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis.
C) A figure of speech in which a word is applied to two others in different senses.
D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural.
Which of the following best defines asyndeton?
A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis.
C) Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural.
Which of the following best defines paralipsis?
A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis.
C) Drawing attention to something while pretending to pass it over.
D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural.
Which of the following best defines asterismos?
A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis.
C) A rhetorical device where one addresses the audience directly at the beginning of a speech.
D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural.
Which of the following best defines parallelism?
A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis.
C) Correspondence in the grammatical structure of words, phrases, or clauses.
D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural.
Which of the following best defines polysyndeton?
A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis.
C) Understatement for effect, often to emphasize the opposite.
D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural.
Which of the following best defines aporia?
A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis.
C) Expression of doubt or confusion in order to rhetorically ask the audience for their opinion or present multiple viewpoints.
D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural.
Which of the following best defines polyptoton?
A) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
B) Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses for emphasis.
C) Repetition of words derived from the same root but with different grammatical forms.
D) The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural.
