Midterm Review 2016

Question 1

SV: Changes for the new and improved SAT are going to be implemented soon.

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Correct

Question 2

RD: creates a connection with the reader and lightens the mood in a tense or serious situation

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humor

Question 3

Primary element of voice? Jeff clenched his fists tightly and closed eyes.

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Diction

Question 4

RD: repeats the same word or words at the beginning of two+ successive phrases or clauses

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anaphora

Question 5

RD: "Without looking, without making a sound, without talking." (Oedipus)

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asyndeton

Question 6

Primary element of voice? Aftersunset…I walked out into the desert…Lightwas thinning; (Rattler)

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Syntax

Question 7

The shadows crisscrossed the rug while my cat stretched languidly in one of the patches of sun.

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imagery

Question 8

KS: Shadrach realized some changes had occurred, and he was puzzled.

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compound

Question 9

SV: The tornadoes that tear through this county every spring _____ more than just a nuisance.

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are

Question 10

Primary element of voice? And life for me ain't been no crystal stair. (Hughes)

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Imagery

Question 11

"If there be cords, or knives, or poison, or fire, or suffocating streams, I'll not endure it."

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polysyndeton

Question 12

RD: "...who wants to be unusual?"

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rhetorical question

Question 13

RD: question asked just for effect or to lay emphasis on a point; no real answer is expected

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Rhetorical Question

Question 14

RD: "An empty stream, a great silence, an impenetrable forest." (Conrad, Heart of Darkness)

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asyndeton

Question 15

RD: beginning and ending a piece with a key word or phrase

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Full-circle ending

Question 16

RD: the absence of conjunctions in a list of words, phrases, or clauses

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asyndeton

Question 17

RD: "Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations." - (Baldwin, Face Toward the Spring)

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figurative language

Question 18

SV: The causes of this prevalent disease are bad diet and lack of exercise.

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Correct

Question 19

RD: "The streets were a furnace, the sun an executioner."(Cynthia Ozick, "Rosa")

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figurative language

Question 20

Which element of voice? Verbal representation of a sensory experience.

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Imagery

Question 21

RD: several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession to achieve an artistic effect

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polysyndeton

Question 22

RD: repeats the same word or words at the end of two+ successive phrases or clauses

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epiphora

Question 23

Kind of claim? Schools should not provide a moment of silence during the day.

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Claim of Policy

Question 24

Kind of claim? Global warming is a threat to the environment.

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Claim of Fact

Question 25

RD: "She dealt with moral problems as a cleaver deals with meat." (Joyce)

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figurative language

Question 26

PRA? It reflects the sense of pride that’s always been part of this school’s tradition. (Obama)

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Pathos

Question 27

Which element of voice? Expression of the author's attitude toward the subject and/or audience.

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Tone

Question 28

KS: When Abel and Gottlieb moved to New York, they opened their own business in the Bronx.

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complex

Question 29

RD: That was a never-to-be-forgotten experience.

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hyphenated modifier

Question 30

KS: Each son wore a flashy tie with a diamond pin.

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simple

Question 31

RD: "He was a bag of bones, a floppy doll, a broken stick, a maniac." (Kerouac, On the Road)

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asyndeton

Question 32

Which element of voice? Author's word choice.

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Diction

Question 33

RD: a word, phrase, or full sentence repeated to emphasize its significance in the entire text.

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Repetition for Effect

Question 34

RD: "Where now? Who now? When now?"(Samuel Beckett, The Unnamable)

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epiphora

Question 35

"We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans..."

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anaphora

Question 36

Rhetorical Appeal? Cardiologists recommend Ecotrin more than any other brand of aspirin.

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Ethos

Question 37

"[I]t is respectable to have no illusions and safe and profitable and dull...."(Conrad)

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polysyndeton

Question 38

Kind of claim? Using animals for human-product testing is immoral.

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Claim of Value

Question 39

SV: My math teacher, who is extremely demanding and yells at students, give too much homework.

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Incorrect

Question 40

RD: A technique using 3 words, phrases, or clauses written in parallel form and in succession.

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Tricolon

Question 41

RD: compound adj. or adverb created by hyphenating multiple words together & works as one word

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Hyphenated Modifier

Question 42

Primary rhetorical appeal? A 32-oz. bottle of Tides holds enough to wash 32 loads.

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Logos

Question 43

Which element of voice? Refers to the way words are arranged within sentences.

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Syntax

Question 44

Which element of voice? Facts, observations, incidents.

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Detail

Question 45

SV: A virus in all the company’s computers is a real threat to security.

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Correct

Question 46

RD: technique finding new and creative ways to describe people, places, things, and ideas

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figurative language

Question 47

EOV: technique appeals to the senses - allows the reader to identify with the description

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Imagery

Question 48

KS: Although it was warm, Joy wore boots, and she also wore a cozy scarf.

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compound-complex

Midterm Review 2016

Questions 48

Midterm Review 2016

Questions 48