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WorksheetsDiction or Syntax?
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 5mins
The way an author organizes their sentences.
Neither
Diction
Hypothesis
Syntax
The way an author manipulates words to convey a message.
Syntax
Neither
Haiku
Diction
"I went to my home yesterday." vs "I went to my house yesterday."
Diction
Syntax
Neither
"My love, a vivid purple hue, went astray." vs "My darling dear went to the circus today."
Syntax
neither
Diction
"The sunset went down the luminescent sky." vs "The sunset went down the sky, which shined as bright as the moon."
Neither
Syntax
Diction
"Sauda had a secret that she couldn't tell anyone." vs "Having a secret, Sauda couldn't tell anyone."
Diction
Neither
Syntax
"Vital venders vex various vermin." vs "Aiding acres abuse all ants."
Neither
Diction
Syntax
"'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.'"
Syntax
Neither
Diction
"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."
Diction
Syntax
Neither
"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."
Diction
Neither
Syntax
"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."
Syntax
Diction
Neither
"I came, I saw, I conquered."
Asyndeton
Epistrophe
Polysyndeton
Anaphora
"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?"
Asyndeton
Epistrophe
Polysyndeton
Anaphora
"That's disgusting!" vs "That's disgusting."
Oxymoron
Tone
Figurative Language
Connotation
