The following phrase is an example of ________?
"What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?"
(The Tyger by William Blake)
What is an isocolon.
100
What is often found in parallel structure and is juxtaposition of contrasting ideas?
What is Antithesis
100
The purpose of ________ is to gain attention. The chief function is to secure emphasis.
What is Anastrophe
100
Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration
100
The deliberate use of conjunctions. The opposite of Asyndeton
What is polysyndeton
200
The following sentence is an example of _______?
"The addict kicked the habit and then the bucket."
What is Zeugma.
200
One of the most basic grammar principles. Demands that equivalent elements by set forth in coordinate grammatical structure.
What is parralellism
200
to interrupt the normal syntactical flow of the sentence
What is parenthesis
200
"Andrew ran into the room, jumped over the table, and landed on the ball." is an example of...
What is Parallelism
200
The repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses. Not only does ___ set up a pronounced rhythm but it secures a special emphasis both by repeating the word and by putting the word in the final position of the sentence
What is Epistrophe
300
The following phrase is an example of _____?
"...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." -Abe Lincoln
What is asyndeton
300
inversion of the natural or usual order.
What is anastrophe
300
to produce a hurried rhythm in the sentence
What is asyndeton
300
This stresses the importance of the controlling verb. For example, "Exercise physiologists argue that body-pump aerobics sessions benefit a person's heart and lungs, muscles and nerves and joints and cartilage."
What is Zeugma.
300
Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause, often used to highlight a cause-effect relationship.
What is anadiplosis
400
The following phrase is an example of _______?
"Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot." Mark Twain, AoHF
What is anaphora.
400
deliberate omission of a word or words that are readily implied by the context
What is ellipses
400
to emphasize and proved a humorous effect
What is alliteration
400
This is the reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses
What is chiasmus.
400
Repetition of words in successive clauses in order to reverse grammatical order. For example, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." (JFK)
What is antimetabole
500
The following sentence is an example of ________?
"By day the frolic, and the dance by night." -Samuel Johnson, "The Vanity of Human Wishes"
What is chiasmus.
500
asking a question and immediately answering it in order to demonstrate authority
What is hypophora
500
to establish a marked rhythm in a sequence of clauses; to produce a strong emotional effect
What is anaphora
500
Asking a question in order to reproach or upbraid rather than to elicit information
What is epiplexis
500
Asking a question, not for the purpose of eliciting an answer but for the purpose of asserting or denying something obliquely.