Name: ______________________________
Period: __________
Use the word bank to match the rhetorical device description to the correct example:
Anadiplosis: repetition of the last word of one
clause at the beginning of the following clause.
Hypophora: raising questions, then answering
them.
Anaphora: repetition of the same word or groups
of words at the beginning of phrases, clauses, or
sentences.
Litotes: the use of deliberate understatement for
emphasis or effect,
Anastrophe: inversion of the natural or usual
word order.
Apposition: placing, side by side, two coordinate
elements, the second of which serves as an
explanation of the first.
Metonymy: using a closely related object as a
substitute for the object or idea in mind.
Parallelism: similarity of structure in a pair or
series of related words, phrases, or clauses.
Pun: Word play.
Epistrophe: repetition of the same word or group
of words at the ends of successive phrases or
clauses.
1. It’s not rocket science! __________________________
2. And that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from
the Earth. - Abraham Lincoln __________________________________
3. “What I present here is what I remember of the letter, and what I remember of the letter I
remember verbatim (including that awful French).”- Lolita By Vladimir Nabokov
________________________________
4. The White House will be making an announcement around noon today.
_______________________
5. "Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing." Edgar Allan
Poe, "The Raven" ______________________________________
6. David Kocieniewski, a business reporter for The New York Times, devoted a year to
digging out and exposing the obscure provisions that businesses and the wealthiest
Americans exploit to drive their tax bills down to rock bottom. - Abstract for David
Kocieniewski’s article “But Nobody Pays That” __________________________
7. “My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the
trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.” - Presidential
Inauguration Speech (By Barack Obama) ___________________________
8. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. - Winston Churchill
___________________________
9. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the
age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the
season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the
winter of despair. - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. ____________________
10. Julius Caesar: “Brutus, that’s a very nice dagger, is it new?” Brutus: “Thanks, and yes,
they had a sale at Traitor Joe’s.” ________________________
Name: ______________________________
Period: __________
TEACHER ANSWER KEY
Anadiplosis: repetition of the last word of one
clause at the beginning of the following clause.
Hypophora: raising questions, then answering
them.
Anaphora: repetition of the same word or groups
of words at the beginning of phrases, clauses, or
sentences.
Litotes: the use of deliberate understatement for
emphasis or effect,
Anastrophe: inversion of the natural or usual
word order.
Apposition: placing, side by side, two coordinate
elements, the second of which serves as an
explanation of the first.
Metonymy: using a closely related object as a
substitute for the object or idea in mind.
Parallelism: similarity of structure in a pair or
series of related words, phrases, or clauses.
Pun: Word play.
Epistrophe: repetition of the same word or group
of words at the ends of successive phrases or
clauses.
1. It’s not rocket science! Litotes
2. And that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from
the Earth. - Abraham Lincoln Epistrophe
3. “What I present here is what I remember of the letter, and what I remember of the letter I
remember verbatim (including that awful French).”- Lolita By Vladimir Nabokov
Anadiplosis
4. The White House will be making an announcement around noon today.
Metonymy
5. "Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing." Edgar Allan
Poe, "The Raven" Anastrophe
6. David Kocieniewski, a business reporter for The New York Times, devoted a year to
digging out and exposing the obscure provisions that businesses and the wealthiest
Americans exploit to drive their tax bills down to rock bottom. - Abstract for David
Kocieniewski’s article “But Nobody Pays That” Apposition
7. “My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the
trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.” - Presidential
Inauguration Speech (By Barack Obama) Parallelism
8. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. - Winston Churchill
Hypophora
9. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the
age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the
season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the
winter of despair. - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Anaphora
10.
Julius Caesar: “Brutus, that’s a very nice dagger, is it new?” Brutus: “Thanks, and
yes, they had a sale at Traitor Joe’s.” Pun