Advanced Rhetorical Devices

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.