Quiz on AP Lang and 8th grade English

#1 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.

Shakespeare Sonnet Verbal irony Juxtaposition Syncope

#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Anticlimax

(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events A play on words Uses words with identical end sound

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Pedantry

a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.") Omitting conjunctions (n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

Octave Shakespeare Sonnet Antithesis Synaesthesia

#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")

Syllepsis Tone Tercet Epistrophe

#6 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Motif

(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

True

False

#7 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Digression

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

True

False

#8 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Damning with faint praise

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

True

False

#9 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Epiphany

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

True

False

#10 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Colloquial

a five line stanza

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.

Anticlimax

Pedantry

the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")

Section 2: True/false questions

Motif

(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

Digression

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

Damning with faint praise

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

Epiphany

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

Colloquial

a five line stanza

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