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.

End Rhyme Syncope Anticlimax Syncope

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

Tone Consonance Anticlimax Extended Metaphor

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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

Parallel Structure Spenserian Shakespeare Sonnet Pedantry

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

Damning with faint praise Assonance Synaesthesia Diction

#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.")

Tercet Anticlimax Syllepsis Euphemism

#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

True

False

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

Digression

The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain

True

False

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

Damning with faint praise

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

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

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

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

(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

Digression

The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain

Damning with faint praise

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

Epiphany

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

Colloquial

Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

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