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.

Oxymoron Epiphany Mood Syncope

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

Inexact/Slant Rhyme Anticlimax Apostrophe Internal Rhyme

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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

Pedantry Juxtaposition Blank Verse Balanced Sentences

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Synaesthesia

Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences. Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Syllepsis

Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse. The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every. 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

a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")

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

The dictionary definition of a word

True

False

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

Epiphany

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

True

False

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

Colloquial

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

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

a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")

Digression

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

Damning with faint praise

The dictionary definition of a word

Epiphany

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

Colloquial

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

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