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3. 6 1 2 5 4 3 10 Point Question What is a loose sentence?6
What is a loose sentence? 1 2 5 4 3
A basic sentence with details added immediately at the end of the basic sentence elements
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4. 6 1 2 5 4 3 20 Point Question What is a compound sentence?6
What is a compound sentence? 1 2 5 4 3
A sentence that has at least two clauses, each of which could exist as a simple sentence if you removed the conjunction connecting them.
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5. a sentence that has a single independent clause6
What is a simple sentence? 1 2 5 4 3
a sentence that has a single independent clause
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6. 6 1 2 5 4 3 40 Point Question What is a periodic sentence?6
What is a periodic sentence? 1 2 5 4 3
a sentence in which additional details are placed in one of two positions, either before the basic sentence elements or in the middle of them
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7. The noun or pronoun from which another pronoun derives its meaning6
What is an antecedent? 1 2 5 4 3
The noun or pronoun from which another pronoun derives its meaning
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8. 6 1 2 5 4 3 20 Point Question What is an appositive?6
What is an appositive? 1 2 5 4 3
a word or phrase that follows a noun or pronoun for emphasis or clarity
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9. a word that has sthe same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word6
What is a synonym? 1 2 5 4 3
a word that has sthe same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word
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10. 6 1 2 5 4 3 40 Point Question What is a zeugma?6
What is a zeugma? 1 2 5 4 3
occurs when a word is used with two adjacent words in the same construction, but only makes literal sense with one of them
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11. 6 1 2 5 4 3 10 Point Question What is ethos?6
What is ethos? 1 2 5 4 3
the speaker’s credibility – the ethics or values of a speaker and a work
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12. 6 1 2 5 4 3 20 Point Question What is antithesis?6
What is antithesis? 1 2 5 4 3
an opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses
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13. 6 1 2 5 4 3 30 Point Question What is an analogy?6
What is an analogy? 1 2 5 4 3
a device that asks the reader to think about the correspondence or resemblance between two things that are essentially different
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14. 6 1 2 5 4 3 40 Point Question What is a syllogism?6
What is a syllogism? 1 2 5 4 3
a form of deductive reasoning in which pieces of evidence are used to create a new conclusion
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15. compares one thing with another using the words “like” or “as”6 1 2 5 4 3
What is a simile?
compares one thing with another using the words “like” or “as”
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16. 6 1 2 5 4 3 20 Point Question What is apostrophe?6
What is apostrophe? 1 2 5 4 3
a figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker
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17. a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared directly6
What is a metaphor? 1 2 5 4 3
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared directly
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18. 6 1 2 5 4 3 40 Point Question What is metonymy?6
What is metonymy? 1 2 5 4 3
a figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
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19. the use of reason as a controlling principle in an argument6
What is logos? 1 2 5 4 3
the use of reason as a controlling principle in an argument
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20. 6 1 2 5 4 3 20 Point Question What is a euphemism?6
What is a euphemism? 1 2 5 4 3
A mild or pleasant sounding expression that substitutes for a harsh, indelicate, or simply less pleasnt idea
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21. A seeming contradiction that in fact reveals some truth6
What is a paradox? 1 2 5 4 3
A seeming contradiction that in fact reveals some truth
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22. writing or speech that is organized to explain6
What is exposition? 1 2 5 4 3
writing or speech that is organized to explain
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23. Final Jeopardy Question
Any artful variation from the typical or expected way a word or idea is expressed 7 6 2 1 3 4 5
What is a trope?