Fill in the sentence.
Guess the Chiasmus?
Use Your Notes!
Chiasmus or No Chiasmus?
The Everday Use of Chiasmus!
100

I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, ...

What is ...  I am as good as the best?

100

Which of these is a Chiasmus?

A. "Laura I don't hate you because you're fat, you're fat because I hate you.

B. " Zero to hero just like that."

C. "You are free to execute your laws, and your citizens, as you see fit."

D. Beauty and the Beast

What is ... A. "Laura I don't hate you because you're fat, you're fat because I hate you?

100

Definiton of Chiasmus is ...

What is ... reverse parallelism? Or (two or more clauses that are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures or words.) 

100

Is this Chiasmus? Her life was full of children, and her children full of life.


What is ... yes?

100

If you fail to plan, ...

What is ... then you plan to fail?

200

Never let a fool kiss you... ?

What is ... or a kiss fool you?

200

Which of these is a Chiasmus?

A. "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

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

C. "We didn't land on Plymouth Rock; Plymouth rock landed on us."

D. "A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do."

What is ... C. "We didn't land on Plymouth Rock; Plymouth rock landed on us"? 

200

The purpose of Chiasmus?

What is ... to produce an artistic effect through symmetrical structure?

200

Is this Chiasmus? He jumped off the cliff after his friend jumped off.

What is ... no?

200

You can take the boy out of the country, ...

What is... but you can’t take the country out of the boy?

300

People can't change the truth but ... ?

What is... but the truth can change people?

300

Where do you notice the "X" method?

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness -

A Tales of Two Cities by Charles Dickens


What is... any of the four choices? 

300
Chiasmus uses what type of letter pattern?

What is ... A B B A ?

300

Is this Chiasmus? Eleanor loved a good cup of coffee. Mike was also an object of her adoration.

What is ... no?

300

Quitters never win, ...

What is, ... and winners never quit?

400

Readers don't need to write?

What is ... but writers do need to read?
400

How do you identify a Chiasmus?

The "X" method. AKA, the criss-cross method.

400

Another name for chiasmus is ...?

What is ... antimetabole?

400

Is this Chiasmus? We were elected to change Washington, and we let Washington change us.

What is ... yes? 

400

One should eat to live, ...

What is ... not live to eat?

500

Whoever sheds the blood of man...?

What is... by man will his blood be shed?

500

Which of these is NOT Chiasmus?

A. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

B. Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. 

C. Love makes time pass, time makes love pass.

D. There is darkness and light within all of us.

What is ... D. There is darkness and light within all of us?

500

Format used to identify chiasmus...?

What is ... the X, criss cross method?

500

Is this Chiasmus? We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.

What is ... yes?

500

I meant what I said, ...

What is ... and I said what I meant?

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