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English

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

is deliberate omission of conjugations in a series of related clauses; it speeds the pace of the sentance

ellipsis

asyndeton

polysyndeton

ananphora

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

is the deliberate omission of a word or words, which are readily implied by the context;it creates an elegant or daring economy of words.

ellipsis

asyndeton

polysyndeton

ananphora

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

is the deliberate use of many conjugations for special emphasis- to highlight quantity or mass of detail or to create a flowing or continuous sentence pattern; it slows the pace of the sentence.

ellipsis

asyndeton

polysyndeton

ananphora

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

is the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses; it helps to establish a strong rhythm and produces a powerful emotional effect.

ellipsis

asyndeton

polysyndeton

ananphora

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

is the repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following ; it ties the sentence to its surroundings.

anadiplosis

epanalepsis

epistrophe

antimetabole

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

is the repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause; it tends to make the sentence or clause in which it occurs stand apart from its surroundings.

anadiplosis

epanalepsis

epistrophe

antimetabole

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

is the repetition of the same word or groups of words at the ends of successive clauses; it sets up as a pronounced rhythm and gains a special emphasis both by repeating the word and by putting the word in its final position.

anadiplosis

epanalepsis

epistrophe

antimetabole

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

is a sentence strategy in which the arrangement of ideas in the second clause is a reversal of the first; it adds power through its inverse repetition.

anadiplosis

epanalepsis

epistrophe

antimetabole