Quiz on AP Lang and 8th grade English

#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Syncope

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers 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 8 line stanza

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

Anticlimax Verbal irony Couplet Pedantry

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Pedantry

a five line stanza (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design A moment of sudden revelation or insight (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

Synaesthesia Free Verse Apostrophe Pedantry

#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.")

Colloquial Syllepsis Synaesthesia Syllepsis

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

Motif

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

True

False

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

Digression

A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

True

False

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

Damning with faint praise

A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

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

Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

Syncope

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

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

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

Digression

A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

Damning with faint praise

A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

Epiphany

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

Colloquial

Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

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