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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 definitions matches the term?

Synaesthesia



#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.")



Section 2: True/false questions


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

Motif

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







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

Digression

A writer's or speaker's choice of words







#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

A moment of sudden revelation or insight







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

Colloquial

Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing









Triple-checked your answers?