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.

Anaphora Tercet Quintet Syncope

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

Anaphora Anticlimax Atmosphere Denotation

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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

Pedantry Situational Irony Damning with faint praise Juxtaposition

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Synaesthesia

a five line stanza the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Syllepsis

a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.") A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee. 8 line stanza It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.

#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

Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.

True

False

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

Damning with faint praise

8 line stanza

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

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

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

Synaesthesia

Syllepsis

Section 2: True/false questions

Motif

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

Digression

Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.

Damning with faint praise

8 line stanza

Epiphany

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

Colloquial

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

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