Sentence Types
Tropes
Schemes
Fallacies
Style
100
A sentence with a subject- verb -and object is this type of sentence...
What is a simple sentence?
100
There will never be a better performer than "the King of Pop."
What is ANTONOMASIA?
100
"Buy a bucket of chicken and have a barrel of fun."
What is parallelism?
100
Sagging your pants because everyone else does is an example of this...
What is bandwagon or ad populum fallacy?
100
The use of word choice to enhance meaning
What is diction?
200
An example of this type of sentence is "The teacher is single, and she has a cat."
What is a compound sentence?
200
That woman's talons are bleeding a jungle red.
What is metaphor?
200
"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here."
What is antithesis?
200
If you fail the AP test, you won't go to college, and you won't get a job, and you'll work at McDonald's, eat too much fast food, and die of a heart attack!
What is slippery slope fallacy?
200
The use of word order to emphasize meaning.
What is syntax?
300
In the sentence "Monterrey Jack cheese, delicious in quesadillas and enchiladas, is my favorite," the central phrase is called a modifier or this...
What is an appositive?
300
"Shine bright, like a diamond."
What is simile?
300
When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good, you will not, hmmm?
What is inverted word order[or "hyperbaton"]
300
The author's attitude toward a subject
What is tone?
400
"Go to jail. Go DIRECTLY to jail! DO NOT PASS GO! Do not collect $200!" These familiar sentences are examples of...
What are imperative sentences?
400
"Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo."
What is analogy?
400
"It rained on his lousy tombstone, and it rained on the grass on his stomach. It rained all over the place."
What is anaphora?
400
If you don't let me stay in your class, you are evil and hate your students
What is either/or fallacy?
400
Descriptive language that appeals to the senses
What is imagery?
500
"If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And---which is more---you'll be a Man, my son!" This poem is also which kind of sentence? (P.S. NOT exclamatory)
What is a complex sentence?
500
Her laugh can shatter glass!
What is hyperbole?
500
"She arrived in a taxi and a flaming rage."
What is zeugma[or syllepsis]
500
We are the very best because we are awesome.
What is begging the question?
500
Special language used by a specific profession or group
What is jargon?