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What is the definition of polysyndeton?
Use of a greater number of syllables
Use of a greater number of commas
Use of a greater number of adjectives
Use of a greater number of conjunctions
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What is the definition of hyperbation?
Overstatement of a point or description
The addition of adjectives for the sake of description
Description of events in a reversed order
Adding characteristics to a person before it is appropriate
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Which is an accurate example of a rhetorical question?
"How many days of school do we have left?"
"Is rain wet?"
"Where are you going in that outfit?"
"Are you kidding me?"
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What is definition of metaphor?
A comparison w/o using the words like or as
The transformation of a character
A comparison using the words like or as
Using one word for another that it suggests
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Which sentence is an example of personification?
I dabbed the pain away.
The leaves rubbed shoulders with each other in the wind.
The engine roared when I stepped on the gas.
The wheels on my skateboard spun seamlessly.
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What is the word order for Synchysis?
DAB
BAAB
ABAB
ABBA
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Which of the following is an example of tmesis?
“That man–how dearly ever parted”
Abso-freaking-lutely!
"Whatsoever things are lovely...think on these things"
"I, a student, often go to bed late"
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What is the definition of asyndeton?
Omission of conjunctions where one or more would be expected
A type of imagery created by word arrangement
A prolonged metaphor
Suppression of a vowel
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In "The Aeneid", which word often introduces a simile?
"Ne"
"Ut"
"Quali"
"Cui
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What is the definition of Litotes?
An explicit comparison
Double negative
Omission of negative qualities of a character
A form of deliberate understatement
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What is the definition of chiasmus?
Arrangement of words in ABBA order
Arrangement of words in ABBABBA order
Arrangement of words in ABAB order
Arrangement of words in BAAB order
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What is the definition of apostrophe?
Address to someone that is not actually there
A pause between words
Reversal of normal word order
Omission of conjunctions where it would usually be expected
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What is the definition of anaphora?
Series of the same sounding consonants
Omission of a word
Repetition of words for emphasis
Series of the same sounding vowel
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What is the definition of metonymy?
A comparison of qualities
Inversion of word order
A type of imagery in which one word suggests another
What a character mimics characteristics shown in other books
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What is the Definition of alLITeration?
Deliberate repetition of sounds, especially consonants
A dramatic interruption
Repetition of words for emphasis
A prolonged metaphor
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Which sentence is an example of onomatopoeia?
"Buzz"
"Laugh"
"Boom"
"Hi"
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What is the definition of enjambment?
The shortening of words for metrical reasons
Adding in an extra adjective that is not necessarily needed
Shortening a vowel which was originally long
Delay of a word to the end of a sentence to create suspense
