polyptoton
what is polyptoton
The rhetorical repetition
within the same sentence of a
related word in different parts
of said sentence.
what two other schemes are combined to make Symploce
Anaphora and Epistrophe
what is chiasmus
A rhetorical device in which successive clauses´ grammatical structures are reversed or inverted, without repetition.
what is Antimetabole
A rhetorical scheme that is the repetition of words in successive clauses is reverse or inverted grammatical order.
how many body parts are only 3 letters long
10 (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum)
is this polyptoton ¨this With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder¨.
yes it repeats the ee in feeding and feeder
is this symploce
mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind,
yes mankind is repated in the beggining and end
is this chiasmus
“His time a moment, and a point his space.” - Alexander Pope, “An Essay on Man”
yes there is no repetiton
true or false is this Antimetabole
Charm is a woman's strength, strength is a man's charm,”
false
what color was coca-cola originally
green
true or false
the root word does not morph throughout the sentence
false
the root word does morph throughout the sentence
where does the word symploce come from
From the Greek συμπλοκήν (simplokeen), meaning “interweaving”
where does chiasmus come from
From Greek khiasmos,
is this Antimetabole
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country," - John F. Kennedy
yes
what is the only planet to spin clockwise
venus
is this polyptoton
the way a peice of rice moves
no because there is no repititon
which words are repeated for symbolce to exigence
first and last word
true or false this is chiasmus
“Let us preach what we practise — let us practise what we preach.”- Winston Churchill
false
where does Antimetabole come from
Antimetabole comes from the Greek ἀντιμεταβολή (antimetabolḗ), from ἀντί (antí, "against, opposite") and μεταβολή (metabolḗ, "turning about, change").
what letter is not in any U.S state
Q
how many parts are there to say polyptoton
4 pol-ip-to-ton
how many parts are there to say symploce
3 sim-plo-see
how many parts are there to say chiasmus
2 kee-az·-muhs
how many parts are there to say Antimetabole
6 AN-ti-muh-TAB-uh-lee
which UK monarch was a trained mechanic
Queen Elizabeth II