Structural & Stylistic Features

Question 1

Juxtaposition

Answer 1

Placing contrasting ideas side by side for effect.

Question 2

Repetition

Answer 2

Repeating words or phrases for emphasis.

Question 3

Parallelism

Answer 3

Using similar sentence structures (e.g., “Like father, like son”).

Question 4

Anaphora

Answer 4

Repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses (e.g., “I have a dream…”).

Question 5

Epistrophe

Answer 5

Repeating a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses (e.g., “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”).

Question 6

Polysyndeton

Answer 6

Using many conjunctions (e.g., “We have ships and men and money and supplies”).

Question 7

Asyndeton

Answer 7

Omitting conjunctions for a fast-paced effect (e.g., “I came, I saw, I conquered”).

Question 8

Ellipsis

Answer 8

Omission of words for dramatic effect or implication.