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100
Isocolon
What is a scheme that is not only similar in structure but also in length?
100
Zeugma
"Exercise physiologists argue that body-pump aerobics sessions benefit a person's heart and lungs, muscles and nerves, and joints and cartilage." This sentence is an example of________.
100
It is to add rhythm to a sentence.
What is the purpose of an isocolon?
100
Ellipsis
What is the deliberate omission of a word or of words that are readily implied by the context?
100
Asyndeton
"...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." This sentence is an example of_____.
200
Parallelism
What is the scheme that has similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases or clauses?
200
Antithesis
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." This sentence is an example of_____.
200
It is to add neatness to a sentence and also to create the author's reputation for wit.
What is the purpose of an antithesis?
200
Asyndeton
What is the deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses?
200
Anaphora
"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." This sentence is an example of______.
300
Antithesis
What is the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure?
300
Isocolon
"He is asked to stand, he wants to sit, and he is expected to lie." This sentence is an example of_____.
300
It is to stress the importance of the controlling verb.
What is the purpose of a zeugma scheme?
300
Anaphora
What is the repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses?
300
Ellipsis
"Kant, we may suppose, was more startled, by Hume's apparent destruction of all basis for philosophical certainty; Reid, by the remoter consequences to morality and theology." This sentence is an example of______.
400
Zeugma
What is the structure that has more than one item in a sentence and is governed by a single word, usually a verb?
400
Parallelism
"It is certain that if you were to behold the whole woman, there is that dignity in her aspect, that composure in her motion, that complacency in her manner, that if her form makes you hope, her merit makes you fear." This sentence is an example of_______.
400
It is to gain attention and also secure emphasis in the sentence.
What is the purpose of an anastrophe?
400
Chiasmus
What is the reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses?
400
Anadiplosis
"Labor and care are rewarded with success, success produces confidence, confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which diligence had raised." This sentence is an example of______.
500
Anastrophe
What is the inversion of the natural or usual word order?
500
Anastrophe
"The emotional isolation, the preoccupation with God and themselves, the struggles for freedom, which seem to have possessed many of my friends at the same age, I know almost nothing of." This sentence is an example of________.
500
It is to add complicated structure to a sentence.
What is the purpose of an ellipsis?
500
Anadiplosis
What is the repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause, often used to to highlight a cause-effect relationship?
500
Chiasmus
"By day the frolic, and the dance by night." This sentence is an example of______.