JFKTropesSchemesKEY
AP Language and Composition / Tropes and Schemes from JFK
For the following sentences from John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address, please identify whether you think the sentence uses a trope (artful diction) or a scheme (interesting sentence structure) by checking the appropriate box. We will then work together using our glossary of rhetorical terms to identify the name of the trope or scheme.
Example
Trope
Scheme
Name of Trope/Scheme
1
“To those old allies…To those new states…To those people in the huts…To our sister republics…”
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ANAPHORA
2
“But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers.”
OXYMORON
3
“And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion…”
METAPHOR
4
“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”
ANTITHESIS
5
“Let both sides explore…Let both sides, for the first time, …Let both sides seek…Let both sides unite…”
ANAPHORA
6
“For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.”
PARALLELISM
ZEUGMA?
7
“Let every nation know…that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty.”
ASYNDETON
PARALLELISM
8
“Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah—to “undo the heavy burdens…(and)let the oppressed go free.”
ALLUSION
9
“…ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
ANTIMETABOLE
10
“With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds…”
PERSONIFICATION
11
“…not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need…but a call to bear the burden.”
ZEUGMA
12
“United there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do…”
INVERSION
13
“United there is little we cannot do in a host of
For the following sentences from John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address, please identify whether you think the sentence uses a trope (artful diction) or a scheme (interesting sentence structure) by checking the appropriate box. We will then work together using our glossary of rhetorical terms to identify the name of the trope or scheme.
Example
Trope
Scheme
Name of Trope/Scheme
1
“To those old allies…To those new states…To those people in the huts…To our sister republics…”
√
ANAPHORA
2
“But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers.”
OXYMORON
3
“And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion…”
METAPHOR
4
“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”
ANTITHESIS
5
“Let both sides explore…Let both sides, for the first time, …Let both sides seek…Let both sides unite…”
ANAPHORA
6
“For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.”
PARALLELISM
ZEUGMA?
7
“Let every nation know…that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty.”
ASYNDETON
PARALLELISM
8
“Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah—to “undo the heavy burdens…(and)let the oppressed go free.”
ALLUSION
9
“…ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
ANTIMETABOLE
10
“With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds…”
PERSONIFICATION
11
“…not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need…but a call to bear the burden.”
ZEUGMA
12
“United there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do…”
INVERSION
13
“United there is little we cannot do in a host of