Test: 2nd Set SAT Words - 20 Questions

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5 Matching Questions

  1. irony/ironic
  2. rhetorical modes
  3. paradox
  4. loose sentence
  5. personification
  1. a Variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing
  2. b A statement that appears to be self-contradictory but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity
  3. c A type of sentence if which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical clauses
  4. d A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions
  5. e The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. Sustitute name, the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it
  2. An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation
  3. A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule
  4. The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. We refer to visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory, or olfactory imagery
  5. The second meaning is literary, meaning the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work

5 True/False Question

  1. metaphor → A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things "The world is a stage"

          

  2. rhetoric → A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox

          

  3. predicate nominative → A noun, group of nouns, or a noun clause that renames the subject

          

  4. periodic sentence → A type of sentence if which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical clauses

          

  5. pedantic → A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things "The world is a stage"

          

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