Dashes Quiz with Answers: AP English Rhetorical Devices

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🔍 Anaphora: Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. Example: "*We shall not fail. We shall not falter. We shall not yield.*"
• 🗣️ Epistrophe: Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses. Example: "*...that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.*"
• ⚖️ Antithesis: The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in parallel structure. Example: "*Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.*"
• 🎭 Rhetorical Question: A question asked for effect, not requiring an answer. Example: "*Are you kidding me?*"
• 💫 Asyndeton: Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words. Example: "*I came, I saw, I conquered.*"
• 🔗 Polysyndeton: The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect. Example: "*And it was good, and it was right, and it was true.*"
• hyperbolic Hyperbole: Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Example: "*I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.*"

✍️ Practice Quiz

1. Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses?
   1. Anaphora
   2. Epistrophe
   3. Antithesis
   4. Hyperbole
2. What is the term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses?
   1. Asyndeton
   2. Epistrophe
   3. Rhetorical Question
   4. Anaphora
3. Which device places contrasting ideas side by side in a parallel structure?
   1. Polysyndeton
   2. Antithesis
   3. Hyperbole
   4. Asyndeton
4. A question asked for effect, without expecting an answer, is known as:
   1. Hypophora
   2. Rhetorical Question
   3. Epistrophe
   4. Anaphora
5. What is the rhetorical device that omits conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses?
   1. Polysyndeton
   2. Asyndeton
   3. Hyperbole
   4. Antithesis
6. Which rhetorical device uses excessive conjunctions in close succession?
   1. Asyndeton
   2. Hyperbole
   3. Polysyndeton
   4. Rhetorical Question
7. What is a hyperbole?
   1. An understatement
   2. An exaggeration
   3. A comparison using 'like' or 'as'
   4. A statement of fact