Rhetorical Devices

Question 1

anaphora

Answer 1

The repetition of words at the beginning of successive sentences or clauses

Question 2

epistrophe

Answer 2

The repetition of a word or words at the end of successive sentences or clauses

Question 3

asyndeton

Answer 3

a style device where conjunctions (FANBOYS: for, and nor, but, or, yet, so) are excluded in a series of words, phrases, or clauses

Question 4

polysyndeton

Answer 4

a figure of speech in which several conjunctions (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) are used to join connected clauses in places where they are not necessary.

Question 5

anadiplosis

Answer 5

is a form of repetition in which the last word of one clause or sentence is repeated as the first word of the following clause or sentence

Question 6

“To raise a happy, healthy, and hopeful child, it takes a family; it takes teachers; it takes clergy; it takes business people; it takes community leaders; it takes those who protect our health and safety. It takes all of us.”

Answer 6

anaphora

Question 7

Last week, he was just fine. Yesterday, he was just fine. And today, he was just fine.

Answer 7

epistrophe

Question 8

“The breath coming out the nostrils was so faint it stirred only the farthest fringes of life, a small leaf, a black feather, a single fiber of hair.” Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 45

Answer 8

asyndeton

Question 9

For Christmas the child asked for a bike and a helmet and a Disney vacation and a trampoline and a dog and a Ninja Turtle and an Iphone.

Answer 9

polysyndeton

Question 10

Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. –Yoda

Answer 10

anadiplosis