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Diction or Syntax?

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The way an author organizes their sentences.

a)

Neither

b)

Diction

c)

Hypothesis

d)

Syntax

2.

The way an author manipulates words to convey a message.

a)

Syntax

b)

Neither

c)

Haiku

d)

Diction

3.

"I went to my home yesterday." vs "I went to my house yesterday."

a)

Diction

b)

Syntax

c)

Neither

4.

"My love, a vivid purple hue, went astray." vs "My darling dear went to the circus today."

a)

Syntax

b)

neither

c)

Diction

5.

"The sunset went down the luminescent sky." vs "The sunset went down the sky, which shined as bright as the moon."

a)

Neither

b)

Syntax

c)

Diction

6.

"Sauda had a secret that she couldn't tell anyone." vs "Having a secret, Sauda couldn't tell anyone."

a)

Diction

b)

Neither

c)

Syntax

7.

"Vital venders vex various vermin." vs "Aiding acres abuse all ants."

a)

Neither

b)

Diction

c)

Syntax

8.

"'Worship me- worship my worth- worship my life.' said the condescending man." vs "And so, he preached from his lips, 'Worship me- worship my worth- worship my life.'"

a)

Syntax

b)

Neither

c)

Diction

9.

"They let go of the promises of yesterday and set out for the falsehoods of tomorrow." vs "They let go of all the promises of yesterday and set out for tomorrow's lies."

a)

Diction

b)

Syntax

c)

Neither

10.

"The forest, a vivacious green, stood aloof in the middle of dead land." vs "The forest sung sweet, but haunting shrills in the middle of the dead land."

a)

Diction

b)

Neither

c)

Syntax

11.

"The bees were coming to sting the poor, scared Pollux. Pollux screamed with all his might, screamed with all his fear, and screamed with all his anger while the cascade of yellow and black descended onto him." vs "Pollux screamed and screamed and screamed as the bees assaulted him."

a)

Syntax

b)

Diction

c)

Neither

12.

"I came, I saw, I conquered."

a)

Asyndeton

b)

Epistrophe

c)

Polysyndeton

d)

Anaphora

13.

"And what shoulder, and what art

could twist the sinews of thy heart,

And when thy heart begins to beat,

what dread hand and what dread feet?"

a)

Asyndeton

b)

Epistrophe

c)

Polysyndeton

d)

Anaphora

14.

"That's disgusting!" vs "That's disgusting."

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Tone

c)

Figurative Language

d)

Connotation