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 Sonnet Mood Pedantry

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

Anticlimax Oxymoron Exact Rhyme Damning with faint praise

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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

Euphemism Sonnet Pedantry Asyndeton

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

Octave Metonymy Couplet 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.")

Epistrophe Syllepsis Pedantry Parallelism

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

Motif

Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme

True

False

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

Digression

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

True

False

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

Damning with faint praise

(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised

True

False

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

Epiphany

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

True

False

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

Colloquial

A play on words

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

Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme

Digression

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

Damning with faint praise

(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised

Epiphany

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

Colloquial

A play on words

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