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.

Euphemism Litotes Syncope Connotation

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

Quintet Diction End Rhyme Anticlimax

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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

Paradox Situational Irony Verbal irony Pedantry

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Synaesthesia

An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected Omitting conjunctions the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

#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.")

Balanced Sentences Sestet Parallelism Syllepsis

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

Motif

Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

True

False

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

Digression

A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it

True

False

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

Damning with faint praise

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

True

False

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

Epiphany

a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast

True

False

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

Colloquial

Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

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

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

Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

Digression

A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it

Damning with faint praise

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Epiphany

a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast

Colloquial

Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

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