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a symbol of immortality or rebirth; named after the Egyptian Mythology
Zeus
Phoneix
Raj
Hera
2
they will not be judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character
allegory
antithesis
alliteration
allusion
3
Give me liberty or give me death.
metaphor
antithesis
alliteration
allegory
4
Your words are music to my ears.
simile
metaphor
antithesis
juxtaposition
5
Justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
simile
allusion
paradox
metaphor
6
Sanders defeated Clinton?
imperative
interrogative
declarative
exclamatory
7
Was not Jesus an extremist?.... Was not Paul an extremist for the gospel?
paradox
allusion
epistrophe
alliteration
8
No man is an island, entire of itself.
simile
metaphor
paradox
allusion
9
British passenger ship that was sunk by a German sub off coast of Ireland 1915.
English Rose
Winton Churchill
Lusitania
Queen Mary
10
Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.
simile
allegory
metaphor
paradox
11
Withdrawal of US troops will become like salted peanuts...The more US troops come home...
anaphora
paradox
metaphor
analogy
12
My AP English teacher doesn't yell, he projects.
metaphor
simile
euphemism
colloquialism
13
a powerful man; king of the gods
Ares
Hercules
Apollo
Zeus
14
All humans are mortal.
Jake Petterson is a human.
Therefore, Jake Petterson is mortal.
obvious
major premise
really?
minor premise
15
You have a lot of work to do, so I'll lend you a hand.
metaphor
alliteration
synecdoche
anaphora
16
A writer compares nuclear fission to an opening break in a pool.
allegory
allusion
analogy
paradox
17
Because everyone speeds, the speed limit should be raised.
ad hominem
hasty generalization
straw man
bandwagon
18
All dogs bark. This animal is a dog. Therefore, this animal must bark.
metaphor
fact
syllogism
classification
19
Veni, Vidi, Vici - I came, I saw, I conquered.
alliteration
paradox
asyndeton
polysyndeton
20
Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.
allusion
paradox
simile
metaphor
21
Term used to represent the division that existed between communist nations and the West.
Iron Curtain
Black Curtain
Shower Curtain
Cold Curtain
22
Philip Roth, the most widely acclaimed living novelist, won the Pulitzer Prize.
appositive
metaphor
gerund
analogy
23
sometimes soccer is a strenuous satisfying sport
allusion
allegory
metaphor
alliteration
24
From "I Have a Dream Speech" - "Five score and years ago,"
allegory
paradox
alliteration
allusion
25
Tom is a poor student because he failed his first AP English quiz.
red herring
hasty generalization
straw man
ad hominem
26
A court established by Roman Catholic Church in the 13th century to try cases of heresy.
Revolution
Inquisition
Iron Curtain
Interrogation
27
What is a blitzkrieg?
lightning war
sandwich
juggernaut
tank name
28
Who were the Allies in WW II?
US, Japan, England and France
US, Sweden, England and France
US, Soviet Union England and France
US, China, England and France
29
McCarthy, who rarely does interviews, agreed to appear on Oprah, & ratings were fantastic.
simple sentence
compound-complex sentence
complex sentence
compound sentence
30
Let us go forth to lead the land we love.
personification
paradox
alliteration
analogy
31
Rachael, who is the youngest in her family, is the most successful.
noun clause
prepositional clause
what's a clause
adjective clause
32
being in love with our own self-image
Mercurial
Narcissism
Nemesis
Muse
33
I proudly and humbly accept your nomination.
paradox
allegory
metaphor
simile
34
I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!
allusion
paradox
allegory
anaphora
35
I came to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
allusion
antithesis
metaphor
apostrophe
36
This country is a shining city on a hill.
simile
allegory
metaphor
apostrophe
37
Cole crowed over his victory.
allusion
metaphor
simile
allegory
38
I dribbled, I shot, I scored
polysyndeton
allusion
paradox
asyndeton
39
you can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy
allusion
allegory
personification
chiasmus
40
placing the extraordinary next to the mundane is an example of what?
allegory
juxtapostion
allusion
metaphor
41
The heart of America is heavy. The spirit of America weeps.
alliteration
paradox
personification
analogy
42
"Essay on Man" is explicitly instructive; therefore, the essay is said to be what?
narrative
persuasive
anecdotal
didactic
43
NATO, RADAR and AIDS
metaphor
acronyms
paradox
simile
44
The White House announced today there will be no more tours this month.
metaphor
metonymy
45
The New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.
complex sentence
compound complex sentence
compound sentence
simple sentence
46
In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check.
personification
paradox
allusion
analogy
47
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
paradox
allusion
anaphora
chiasmus
48
Farmer Jones has 600 head of cattle and three hired hands.
metaphor
personification
synecdoche
simile
49
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain that which he cannot lose.
antithesis
simile
paradox
metaphor
50
There are a thousand reasons why more research is needed on marijuana.
hypophora
metaphor
hyperbole
paradox
51
Capital punishment does not deter violent crime.
definition
narrative
cause and effect
solution
52
Big Stick Diplomacy
using threat to back negotiations
running from a threat
calling off negotiations
avoiding negotiations
53
Richard the Lionhearted and Elizabeth the Virgin Queen
allegory
metaphor
allusion
epithets
54
For students who want the day off from school, a blizzard is a desirable calamity.
oxymoron
allusion
allegory
analogy
55
Medicine must be privatized or else Medicaid and Medicare will go broke.
red herring
hasty generalization
strawman
either or
56
characterized by greed and hatred and selfishness and mega-mergers and debt overhand
anaphora
polysyndeton
asyndeton
epistrophe
57
government of the people, by the people, and for the people
parallel structure
Santa clause
paradox
noun clause
58
Give me liberty or give me death.
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
Barrack Obama
George Washington
59
Our grief has turned to anger, and anger to resolution.
paradox
metaphor
antithesis
anadiplosis
60
Michael asked for Jenny's hand in marriage.
metaphor
allusion
synecdoche
asyndeton
61
We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future.
allegory
anaphora
epistrophe
paradox
62
The crown carries many responsibilities.
metonymy
paradox
metaphor
simile
63
The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.
paradox
allegory
chiasmus
epistrophe
64
You can't give me a C because I'm an A student.
appeal to logic
appeal to sympathy
appeal to fear
appeal to patriotism
65
Plumbers, carpenters, welders are considered blue collar workers.
paradox
synecdoche
metaphor
simile
66
People are dropping like rats; they're falling like flies.
allegory
paradox
similes
metaphor
67
Let not your ears despise my tongue forever
metaphor
synecdoche
paradox
simile
68
When we see that wounded traveler on the road to Jericho, we will not pass to the other side.
paradox
alliteration
allusion
oxymoron
69
We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight...
analogy
anaphora
allegory
epistrophe
70
Creating a work of art is like giving birth.
allusion
paradox
simile
metaphor
71
On his return he received medals, honors, treasures, titles, fame.
polysyndeton
paradox
asyndeton
allusion
72
They even love as though they hate.
paradox
simile
metaphor
analogy
73
How y'all doin
colloquialism
jargon
metaphor
diction
74
kicked the bucket, bought the farm, bit the dust
euphemisms
appositives
anaphora
epistrophe
75
congressman, male nurse, policeman
blue collar bias
racial bias
no bias
gender bias
76
We find ourselves rich in goods but ragged in spirits.
allusion
antithesis
metaphor
allegory
77
Rap music undermines the church's teaching.
paradox
definition
cause and effect
argumentation
78
Let it be our cause to give that child a happy home, a healthy family, and a hopeful future.
epistrophe
alliteration
allegory
anaphora
79
Love, peace, truth and justice.
concrete nouns
gerunds
abstract nouns
appositives
80
Brash, cautious, direct, hopeful and urgent
alliteration
tone
anaphora
epistrophe
81
Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art
anaphora
allegory
aphorism
apostrophe
82
Our mission: to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to house the homeless.
anaphora
paradox
epistrophe
parallel structure
83
My teacher is not mean.
analogy
allegory
litotes
alliteration
84
dark and gloomy; named after the river Styx, a river in the Underworld
Tantalize
Titan
Stygian
Hades
85
He is not ugly.
metaphor
simile
litotes
irony
86
the silence hissed
oxymoron
simile
metaphor
paradox
87
Jake studied extremely hard for the exam, but failed it. Parker didn't study and aced it.
litotes
allusion
situational irony
paradox
88
Grades discourage learning
classification
narrative
definition
cause and effect
89
Something that opens the door for bad occurrences
Pandora's Box
Hera
Gorgon
Paradox
90
The night is long that never finds day.
apostrophe
metaphor
aphorism
allusion
91
Where affections bear rule, there reason is subdued, honesty is subdued, good will is subdued..
analogy
anaphora
epistrophe
allegory
