AP English Language:: Unit 4 - Style Diction Syntax

Which stylistic device, syntactical structure, or diction category is described below?

*The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or poetic lines to create rhythm, emphasis, and emotional resonance.*

**A)** Anaphora
**B)** Epistrophe
**C)** Symploce
**D)** Anadiplosis

Which stylistic device, syntactical structure, or diction category is described below?

*The repetition of a word or phrase at the END of successive clauses or sentences (e.g., '...of the people, by the people, for the people').*

**A)** Epistrophe
**B)** Anaphora
**C)** Asyndeton
**D)** Polysyndeton

Which stylistic device, syntactical structure, or diction category is described below?

*A rhetorical device combining anaphora and epistrophe: repeating one word at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses.*

**A)** Symploce
**B)** Anadiplosis
**C)** Chiasmus
**D)** Antithesis

Which stylistic device, syntactical structure, or diction category is described below?

*The repetition of the last word or phrase of one clause at the immediate beginning of the very next clause (e.g., 'Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate...').*

**A)** Anadiplosis
**B)** Anaphora
**C)** Epistrophe
**D)** Epanalepsis

Which stylistic device, syntactical structure, or diction category is described below?

*The repetition of the initial word or phrase at the end of the same sentence or clause (e.g., 'Beloved is mine; she is all my beloved').*

**A)** Epanalepsis
**B)** Anadiplosis
**C)** Chiasmus
**D)** Zeugma

Which stylistic device, syntactical structure, or diction category is described below?

*The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, words, or clauses in balanced grammatical structures (e.g., 'Man proposes, God disposes'; 'Give me liberty, or give me death').*

**A)** Antithesis
**B)** Oxymoron
**C)** Paradox
**D)** Chiasmus

Which stylistic device, syntactical structure, or diction category is described below?

*A rhetorical structure where words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order (ABBA pattern: 'Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country').*

**A)** Chiasmus
**B)** Antimetabole
**C)** Antithesis
**D)** Parallelism

Which stylistic device, syntactical structure, or diction category is described below?

*A specific subtype of chiasmus where the exact same words are repeated in transposed grammatical order (e.g., 'Eat to live, not live to eat').*

**A)** Antimetabole
**B)** Anadiplosis
**C)** Zeugma
**D)** Asyndeton