I like singing songs, acting in plays, and dancing to classical music.
What is parallel structure?
100
Sarcasm is a type of this irony.
What is verbal irony?
100
S.V.O
What is Standard Syntax?
100
It is when everything is different yet still exactly the same.
What is a paradox
100
MLA:
anon.
What is anonymous
200
This part of speech usually ends in "-ing" and acts as a noun.
What is a gerund?
200
It's the exaggeration of language.
What is burlesque?
200
When you praise someone, you are using this.
What is panygeric
200
After the torchlight red on sweaty faces
After the frosty silence in the gardens
After the agony in stony places
What is anaphora
200
MLA:
var.
What is variant
300
John said that he was not feeling well.
In this sentence, "John" is the ____________ of "he"
What is antecedent?
300
It is a deafening silence or being pretty ugly.
What is an oxymoron
300
Never be direct; instead, learn to talk around the subject.
What is circumlocution.
300
It is the "I" in the acronym FIDDS
What is imagery
300
APA:
n.d.
What is no date
400
This grammatical structure is found in the movie Mean Girls, when one girl tells another, "I don't hate you because you're fat; you're fat because I hate you."
What is chiasmus?
400
It is when a iPhone appears in a movie set in 1901.
What is an anachronism
400
He "passed away"; he didn't die.
What is euphemism
400
The United States will be delivering a product to us soon!
Lend me your ears!
Can you please give me a hand carrying this up the stairs?
What is metonymy
400
It is the type of citation pictured here:
Poniewozik, James. "TV Makes a Too-Close Call." Time 20 Nov. 2000: 70-71. Print.
What is an article from a magazine
500
It's the type of sentence found here:
While Tom reads novels, Sam reads magazines, but Jack reads comics.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
500
Good punctuation means not to be late.
Dad say that the monster is just a pigment of my imagination.
What is malapropism.
500
Susan, the smartest woman I know, is very smart.
What is apposition
500
A chip on your shoulder.
High as a kite.
Sick as a dog.
Jump the gun.
What is an idiom
500
At least one passage on the AP exam will always use these.