Stylistic Syntax Quick Quiz

Repetition of grammatically similar components in a sentence.

• chiasmus

• anaphora

• antithesis

• paralllelism

Main clause and/or its predicate are purposely delayed by

amplification and placed at the end of a sentence.

• epistrophe

• anaphora

• periodic

• antithesis

Deliberate embellishment of an idea by adding information, typically using

 three or more elements.

• aposiopesis

• amplification

• parallelism

• periodic

Deliberately brief sentence of five words or less.

• rhetorical fragment

• telegraphic sentence

• periodic

• asyndeton

Two or more clauses balanced against each other by a reversal of their order.

• aposiopesis

• amplification

• parallelism

• chiasmus

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be…

• periodic

• asyndeton

• polysyndeton

• anaphora

Spring, with new buds popping out, the fragrance of blooming flowers, clothing shed with the mild temperatures, is my favorite season.

• polysyndeton

• chiasmus

• periodic

• aposiopesis

Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

• parallelism

• chiasmus

• polysyndeton

• amplification

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...

• antithesis

• polysyndeton

• telegraphic sentence

• rhetorical fragment

…[G]overnment of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.

• antithesis, asyndeton

• epistrophe, asyndeton

• chiasmus, polysyndeton

• anaphora, polysyndeton