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Section 1: Multiple Choice questions


#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Syncope



#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Anticlimax



#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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



#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another



#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Syllepsis



Section 2: True/false questions


#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







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

Digression

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing







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

Damning with faint praise

A writer's or speaker's choice of words







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

Epiphany

Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence







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

Colloquial

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









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