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.

Dramatic Irony Juxtaposition Oxymoron Syncope

#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Anticlimax

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes The dictionary definition of a word a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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

Pedantry Damning with faint praise Personification Homophones

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

Connotation Antithesis Colloquial 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.")

Litotes Syllepsis Euphemism Tercet

#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

An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

True

False

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

Damning with faint praise

A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.

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

Omitting conjunctions

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.

Anticlimax

(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

An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

Damning with faint praise

A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.

Epiphany

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

Colloquial

Omitting conjunctions

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