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AP ENGLISH LANG & COMP_5 Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of the word

"Wit"

a)

the act of being selfish

b)

A way to use your words to create humor

c)

the way of thinking in battle

2.

What is the definition of the word


"Zugma"

a)

when you want something to happen but it doesn't

b)

The humor that is put into words

c)

The use of one word that can be applied to 2 other words

d)

the way you use words

3.

when 2 things are together but have a contrasting effect.

a)

zeugma

b)

juxtaposition

c)

wit

d)

style

4.

using negative words to affirm a positive

a)

sarcasm

b)

juxtaposition

c)

Litotes

d)

connotation

5.

the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant is what

a)

metonymy

b)

juxtaposition

c)

bias

d)

Trope

6.

controversy, debate or dispute about strongly believed

a)

concession

b)

polemic

c)

inversion

d)

parallelism

7.

using conjunctions in rapid succession

a)

pedantic

b)

satire

c)

juxtapositioning

d)

polysyndeton

8.

A person often annoying that corrects minor grammatical errors

a)

logos

b)

Didactic

c)

Pedantic

d)

chiasmus

9.

literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form

a)

Chiasmus

b)

Anaphora

c)

Allegory

d)

Euphemism

10.

expressions substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing

a)

Synecdoche

b)

Euphemism

c)

Diocope

d)

Aphorism

11.

Absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.

"I came. I saw. I conquered"

a)

Paradox

b)

Liotets

c)

Asyndeton

d)

Refute

12.

Definition for "Logos"

a)

Credibility

b)

Emotions

c)

Logic

d)

Expericance

13.

Definition for "Ethos"

a)

Credibility

b)

Emotions

c)

Logic

d)

Expericance

14.

Definition for "Pathos"

a)

Credibility

b)

Emotions

c)

Logic

d)

Expericance

15.

A literary or rhetorical device that emphasizes an aspect of the writer’s or speaker’s main idea through the repetition of words or phrases, which are separated by other words or phrases, as in “You’re a good dog, Gracie. Such a good dog. What a good dog.”

a)

Repetition

b)

Diction

c)

Diocope

d)

Didact