Zeugma
Ad Hominem
Chiasmus
Iambic Pentameter
Persona or Non-sequitor?
100
Is this an example of Zeugma?
"He opened the door, and his window."
No, it is not.
It refers to both nouns in a sense that they are being opened physically.
100
Is this an Ad Hominem?
"The annoying customer service made the CEO hated."
Yes, it is.
It isn't the CEO's fault for the customer service.
100
Is this an example of a Chiasmus?
“We shape our buildings, and afterward our buildings shape us.”
Yes it is,
It reverses the first clause.
100
Is this an example of Iambic Pentameter?
"Is this an example of Iambic Pentameter?"
No,
It has 14 syllables and doesn't follow the heartbeat rhythm.
100
Is this a persona?
"The immense feeling of dread showed."
No.
This refers to a feeling, not a characteristic or portrayal.
200
Which one is an example of Zeugma?
A. "The toilet exploded, along with the stench."
B. "Triumph over your enemies and foes."
A.
Toilets can physically explode, but a stench cannot.
200
Which is an example of an Ad Hominem?
A. "Wow, I love these buns; whoever made this must be really good at making buns."
B. "These taxes are too high; that politician must be a loser."
B.
A is not an attack, and also relates to the main source that are talking about. (e.g. bun making)
200
Which one is an example of Chiasmus?
A. "We live to learn, and learn to live.”
B. "I grow and understand, but never learn."
A is correct, due to the reverse clause.
200
Which one is an example of Iambic Pentameter?
A. "My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains."
B. "The flower blooms like you in the moonlight."
A, is correct
B has 10 syllables, but doesn't follow the heartbeat pattern like A:
"My HEART aches, AND a DROWsy NUMBness PAINS."
200
Is this a non sequitur?
"He looks like a new person, probably with a weird house."
Yes, it is.
It makes a conclusion completely off from something previously stated,
300
Which of the following is an example of Zeugma?
A. “They pursued it with forks and hope.”
B. "A spoiler warning appeared about the movie and the show."
C. "A final end to the countdown, and the year."
A.
Forks are physical, and cannot be pursued figuratively like hope.
300
Which of the following is an example of an Ad Hominem?
A. "Wow, these buns suck; i'm never eating here again!"
B. "Wow, these buns suck; whoever made these has bad breath for sure!"
C. "Wow, these buns suck; i'm gonna sue the company
B is correct; they attack the person
A is an attack at their loyalty
C is an attack at the company
300
Which of the following is an example of Chiasmus?
A. "The tortoise and the hare, the slow, and the fast."
B. "A coffin of the iron mountain."
C. "An urge to live, I live to urge."
A is correct.
B and A do not repeat nor reverse the clause.
300
Double Point Question!
Which of the following is an example of Iambic Pentameter?
A. "My sense, as though of a hemlock I had drunk."
B. "Blossoms on a tree, illuminate thee."
C. "A rose of her, still treated too highly."
None!
A is 11 syllables,
B and C, do not follow the heartbeat rhythm.
300
Is this persona, or non-sequitur?
A. "Hello, how are you this evening? Has your house ever been burgled?"
Non-sequitur,
Uses a completely random statement after an entrance.
400
Which of the following are examples of Zeugma
(can be more than one)
A. "To go forward, to infinity and beyond."
B. “When she arrived later in the day, she took the point at once, but she also took the spoons.”
C. “They covered themselves with dust and glory.”
D. "A financial situation to scare for years to come."
B, and C.
"Infinity" and "beyond" are both used in a sense of physically moving forward.
There is only one noun being described.
400
Which of the following are examples of Ad Hominem?
(can be more than one)
A. "You're just saying that because you're [political party]."
B. "Why would he support an anti-smoking campaign? He used to smoke!"
C. "Why trust his climate change plan? He's not a scientist."
D. "He is not the father."
A, B, C
"D" only refers to the target, and whether it is an attack is up to interpretation.
400
Which of the following are examples of Chiasmus?
(can be more than one)
A. "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
B. "We eat to live, not live to eat."
C. "She has all my love; my heart belongs to her."
D. "Are you Satoru Gojo because you're the strongest, or are you the strongest because you're Satoru Gojo?"
A, B, C, D
They all reverse the first clause, and repeat it again.
400
Which of the following are examples of Iambic Pentameter?
(can be more than one)
A. "A forward through the land of the crowned one."
B. "A crown to glow, throughout the night."
C. "Legitimacy through the wake of a king."
D. "The following are not examples, though."
A is correct.
B and C does not use 10 syllables.
D does not use the heartbeat rhythm.
400
Is this a persona, or non sequitur?
"I am the beginning, and the end."
No,
The phrase talks about themselves in a metaphorical way.
800
Which statements in Shakespearean English contains a Zeugma?
(can be more than one)
A. "Proclaimed such of a moving sorrow, to mind mineth of my, and to h'rs of her mind."
B. "Thy of a highest quality of falleth, leaves peckled 'long the pathway
C. "Do't statement moved h'r, as that gent opened the doth'r, and h'r core"
D. "Art Six and thy'n Seventh bitten 'long straight on a highway
C.
A uses both a mind, which wouldn't change the figurative meaning
B only describes one noun
D does not describe anything
800
Which statements in Shakespearean English contains an Ad Hominem?
(can be more than one)
A. "That gent smoketh through and through, yond sir is a fraud."
B. "His estate is but an abode, that gent might not but beest of a weaker manifest."
C. "Thee can't trust the Treasurer's planeth. That gent wast of a criminal, so his planeth might not but beest dishonest."
"The motion of a widow in her eyes, she beest a murderer, no, a witch! Her statement a lie!"
A, B, C, D
All include a target at their statement and the person who supports it.
800
Which statements in Shakespearean English contains Chiasmus?
(can be more than one)
A. "I though liveth to procureth urge and f'rev'r urge to liveth."
B. "Who is't art thee, and what art thy?"
C. "To becometh the embodiment of self perfection, the perfection of one's self is to beest met."
D. "I thou seeth thy swerving in of that corner, oh of woah."
A.
All others do not reverse the full first clause.
800
Which statements in Shakespearean English contains an Iambic Pentameter?
(can be more than one)
A. "To be, or not to be, that is the question."
B. "That of my duchess, painted on thy wall."
C. "Whilom ther was dwellynge at oxenford."
D. "Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast."
B, C, D
A is 11 syllables.
800
Tell us a persona of yourself, that isn't related to being a student.
(e.g. I am a hiker who attempts to climb the highest heights.)
You can skip this question for 500 points.
Good for you.
