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.

Digression Syncope End Rhyme Diction

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

Pedantry Epistrophe Anticlimax Internal Rhyme

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Pedantry

A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. (fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised (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

Chaismus Free Verse Inexact/Slant Rhyme Synaesthesia

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Syllepsis

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")

#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

A writer's or speaker's choice of words

True

False

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

Damning with faint praise

Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

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

Pedantry

the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

Syllepsis

Section 2: True/false questions

Motif

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

Digression

A writer's or speaker's choice of words

Damning with faint praise

Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

Epiphany

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

Colloquial

Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

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