Online Test — Grammar in Literature
12 Questions • 15 min • Chapter MCQ
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Question 1 of 12
Repetition at clause beginnings is:
epistrophe
anaphora
asyndeton
apposition
Explanation: Anaphora.
Question 2 of 12
'and gold and silver and bronze' is:
asyndeton
polysyndeton
anaphora
parenthesis
Explanation: Many 'and's = polysyndeton.
Question 3 of 12
'cold, wet, miserable' (no 'and') is:
polysyndeton
asyndeton
apposition
absolute
Explanation: Asyndeton.
Question 4 of 12
'My sister, a lawyer, argued well.' — 'a lawyer' is:
appositive
absolute phrase
anaphora
relative clause
Explanation: Apposition.
Question 5 of 12
'The sun having risen, birds sang.' — 'The sun having risen' is:
relative clause
absolute phrase
appositive
anaphora
Explanation: Absolute phrase.
Question 6 of 12
A sentence with the main idea first, details added after, is:
periodic
loose
balanced
fragment
Explanation: Loose/cumulative.
Question 7 of 12
A sentence holding its main point until the end is:
loose
periodic
balanced
simple
Explanation: Periodic.
Question 8 of 12
'Speech is silver; silence is golden.' is:
periodic
loose
balanced
fragment
Explanation: Balanced sentence.
Question 9 of 12
Repetition at the END of clauses is:
anaphora
epistrophe
asyndeton
apposition
Explanation: Epistrophe.
Question 10 of 12
Inserting an aside between dashes is:
parenthesis
anaphora
absolute phrase
asyndeton
Explanation: Parenthesis.
Question 11 of 12
Which is an absolute phrase?
who was tired
her work finished
because she was tired
and she left
Explanation: 'her work finished' = noun + participle.
Question 12 of 12
'I came, I saw, I conquered' combines anaphora with:
polysyndeton
asyndeton
apposition
parenthesis
Explanation: No conjunctions → asyndeton.