5 Written Questions

1. an indirect reference to another work of literature or art - Ex) "If you love a lot, you'll lie a lot / Guess they did in Camelot"
2. the use of apparently condtradictory ideas to point out some underlying truth- Ex) What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young.
3. repetition of syntactic structure in two or more clauses - Ex) Before she left, she put the dishes in the dishwasher, wiped the counter, and took several bags of trash out to the dumpster. ( parallel verb phrases)
4. the arrangement of words in order of increasing importance-Ex) Lost, vaded, broken, dead within an hour.
5. the repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses- Ex) As long as the white man sent you to Korea, you bled. He sent you to Germany, you bled. He sent you to the South Pacific to fight the Japanese, you bled.

5 Matching Questions

1. hyperbole
2. Anthimeria
3. oxymoron
4. rhetorical question
5. Anadiplosis

1. a asking a question not for the sake of getting an answer but for asserting something -
2. b use of exaggerated terms for emphasis- Ex) Im so hungry; I'd give my first-born child for a slice of pizza.
3. c the juxtaposition of two contradictory ideas - Ex) I must be cruel to be kind
4. d repetition of a word at the end of a clause at the beginning of another- Ex) Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
5. e the substitution of one part of speech for another, often turning a noun into a verb- Ex) I'll unhair thy head.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. repetition of words in succsessive clauses, in reverse order (a chiasmus in which the exact words, not just the syntax, are flipped)- Ex) Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
   1. antithesis
   2. hyperbole
   3. antimetabole
   4. Anthimeria
2. replacing and idea with an associated idea - Ex) The pen is mightier than the sword.
   1. zeugma
   2. metonymy
   3. litotes
   4. meiosis
3. describing something nonhuman in metaphorical human terms -
   1. isocolon
   2. apposition
   3. polysyndeton
   4. personification
4. omission of conjunctions between related clauses Ex) We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
   1. asyndeton
   2. Allusion
   3. oxymoron
   4. polysyndeton
5. the juxtaposition of opposing or contrasting ideas- Ex) Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.
   1. aposiopesis
   2. Anthimeria
   3. antithesis
   4. Anadiplosis

5 True/False Questions

1. meiosis → reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses -Ex) He led bravely, and we bravely followed

   True        False

2. polysyndeton → repetition of conjunctions - Ex) We lived and laughed and loved and left.

   True        False

3. apostrophe → when a speaker or writer breaks off and directs speech to an absent person, inanimate object, or abstract quality or idea- Ex) "For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel. Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him."

   True        False

4. Anaphora → the substitution of one part of speech for another, often turning a noun into a verb- Ex) I'll unhair thy head.

   True        False

5. synecdoche → replacing a part with a whole, or a whole with a part - Ex) The U.S. won three gold medals

   True        False