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.

Parallel Structure Shakespeare Sonnet Syncope Spenserian

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

Damning with faint praise Tercet Anticlimax Oxymoron

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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

Pedantry Anticlimax Verbal irony End Rhyme

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

Synaesthesia Anaphora Synecdoche Asyndeton

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Syllepsis

A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line Repetition of vowel sounds a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")

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

Motif

Repetition of vowel sounds

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

(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 word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

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

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

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

the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

Syllepsis

Section 2: True/false questions

Motif

Repetition of vowel sounds

Digression

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

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 word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line

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