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.

Syncope Homophones Syntax Scansion

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

Anticlimax Epistrophe Oxymoron Blank Verse

#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 sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast three line stanza (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 Syllogism Pedantry Pun

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Syllepsis

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.") A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line

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

Motif

A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed

True

False

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

Digression

Uses words with identical end sound

True

False

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

Damning with faint praise

the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

True

False

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

Epiphany

An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

True

False

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

Colloquial

when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't

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

A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed

Digression

Uses words with identical end sound

Damning with faint praise

the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

Epiphany

An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

Colloquial

when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't

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