Quiz on AP Lang and 8th grade English

#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Syncope

Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every. The dictionary definition of a word The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

Tone Colloquial Octave Anticlimax

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details

Pedantry Asyndeton Blank Verse Scansion

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Synaesthesia

a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse. the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

#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 Paradox Balanced Sentences Situational Irony

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

Motif

three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation

True

False

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

Digression

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

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 figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

Syncope

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details

Synaesthesia

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

three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation

Digression

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

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 figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.

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