Parallelism

Question 1

Anaphora

Answer 1

Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses.

Question 2

Asyndeton

Answer 2

Deliberate omission of conjunction in a series of related clauses.

Question 3

Antimetabole

Answer 3

A sentence strategy (a form of chiasmus) in which the arrangement of ideas in the second clause is a reversal of the first. The same words are used but in a reverse order.

Question 4

Polysyndeton

Answer 4

Deliberate use of many conjunctions for special emphasis-to highlight quantity or mass of detail or to create a flowing, continuous sentence pattern.

Question 5

Stichomythia

Answer 5

Dialogue in which the endings and beginnings of each line echo each other, taking on a new meaning with each new line.

Question 6

Zeugma

Answer 6

The use of a verb that has two different meanings with objects that complement both meanings.

Question 7

Antithesis

Answer 7

The juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases grammatical structure, or ideas.

Question 8

Chiasmus

Answer 8

The order of modifiers, terms, or simply sentence structure in the first half of a parallel clause is reversed in the second.

Question 9

Isocolon

Answer 9

Parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure, but also in length.

Question 10

Epanalepsis

Answer 10

Repeats the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end. The beginning and end are two positions of strongest emphasis, so special attention is called by having the same word in both places