Stylistic Syntax Quick Quiz
Authored by Jen Lowe
English
12th Grade - University
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Repetition of grammatically similar components in a sentence.
chiasmus
anaphora
antithesis
paralllelism
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Main clause and/or its predicate are purposely delayed by
amplification and placed at the end of a sentence.
epistrophe
anaphora
periodic
antithesis
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Deliberate embellishment of an idea by adding information, typically using
three or more elements.
aposiopesis
amplification
parallelism
periodic
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Deliberately brief sentence of five words or less.
rhetorical fragment
telegraphic sentence
periodic
asyndeton
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Two or more clauses balanced against each other by a reversal of their order.
aposiopesis
amplification
parallelism
chiasmus
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be…
periodic
asyndeton
polysyndeton
anaphora
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Spring, with new buds popping out, the fragrance of blooming flowers, clothing shed with the mild temperatures, is my favorite season.
polysyndeton
chiasmus
periodic
aposiopesis
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