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 End Rhyme Parallel Structure Syncope

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

Scansion Anticlimax Denotation Polysyndeton

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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

Pedantry Caesurae Litotes Situational Irony

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

Synaesthesia Epistrophe Octave Blank Verse

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Syllepsis

A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts Repetition of consonant sounds 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

The dictionary definition of a word

True

False

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

Damning with faint praise

Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters

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

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

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

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

The dictionary definition of a word

Damning with faint praise

Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters

Epiphany

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

Colloquial

Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

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