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.

Spenserian Syncope Polysyndeton Antithesis

#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Anticlimax

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Pedantry

cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every. (n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details A moment of sudden revelation or insight Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

Tone Colloquial Synaesthesia Free Verse

#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.")

Paradox Blank Verse Syllepsis Parallel Structure

#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 form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour

True

False

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

Damning with faint praise

(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised

True

False

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

Epiphany

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

True

False

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

Colloquial

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

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 form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour

Damning with faint praise

(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised

Epiphany

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

Colloquial

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

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