Funky, Fun, Fresh Inference Friday Rhetorical Repetition

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)”

• mesodiplosis

• diacope

• antanaclasis

• polyptoton

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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

"say what you say"

• mesodiplosis

• diacope

• polyoptoton

• antanaclasis

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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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"

• mesodiplosis

• diacope

• polyptoton

• antanaclasis

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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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

• mesodiplosis

• diacope

• antanaclasis

• polyptoton

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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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.

• mesodiplosis

• diacope

• polyptoton

• antanaclasis

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CCSS.RL.2.4

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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"

• diacope

• mesodiplosis

• antanaclasis

• polyptoton

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CCSS.RL.2.4

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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"

• diacope

• mesodiplosis

• polyptoton

• antanaclasis

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CCSS.RL.2.4

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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"

• antanaclasis

• mesodiplosis

• diacope

• polyptoton

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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."

• diacope

• mesodiplosis

• antanaclasis

• polyptoton

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CCSS.RL.2.6

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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?

• diacope

• mesodiplosis

• antanaclasis

• polyptoton

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

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