Art of Styling Sentences and Elements of Style Test #1

Question 1

Asyndeton

Answer 1

The omission of conjunctions (and, but, or) in sentence constructions in which they would usually be used.

Question 2

Polysyndeton

Answer 2

The repetition of conjunctions such as (and, or, but, for) in close succession, especially when most could be replaced with a comma.

Question 3

Anaphora

Answer 3

The use of the same word or phrase at the beginning of several successive clauses, sentences, lines, or verses, usually for emphasis or rhetorical effect.

Question 4

Rhythm

Answer 4

sense of movement in speech, marked by the stress, timing, and quantity of syllables.

Question 5

Allusion

Answer 5

reference (typically brief) to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumable familiar.

Question 6

Connotation

Answer 6

refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing that it describes explicitly.

Question 7

Denotation

Answer 7

literal meaning of a word, the dictionary meaning.

Question 8

Parallelism

Answer 8

using the same general structure in writing for balance and cohesion. Matching syntax, tone, and feeling of clauses.

Question 9

EoS rule I.2

Answer 9

In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term except the last.

Question 10

EoS rule I.4

Answer 10

Place a comma before a conjunction introducing an independent clause.

Question 11

EoS rule I.5

Answer 11

Do not join independent clauses with a comma.

Question 12

EoS rule I.7

Answer 12

Use a colon after an independent clause to introduce a list of particulars, an appositive, an amplification, or an illustrative quotation.

Question 13

EoS rule II.19

Answer 13

Do not use initials for the names of organizations or movements unless you are certain the initials will be readily understood.

Question 14

AoS pattern 1

Answer 14

2 short, related sentences now joined. (SV ; SV.)

Question 15

AoS pattern 1A

Answer 15

SV ; conjunction adverb (however, hence, therefore, thus, then, moreover, nevertheless, likewise, consequently, or accordingly), SV.

Question 16

AoS pattern 1B

Answer 16

SV; SV, and SV.

SV, but SV; SV.

Question 17

AoS pattern 1C

Answer 17

SV; SV; SV.

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is the freshness of the deep spring of life.

Question 18

AoS pattern 3

Answer 18

general statement (idea) : specific statement (example). (both are independent clauses).

Question 19

AoS pattern 4

Answer 19

A series of parallel items (in any part of the sentence) separated by commas but without a conjunction.

A, B, C SV.
SV A, B, C.

Question 20

AoS pattern 4A

Answer 20

a series with conjunctions between all items; series may be in any place in the sentence.

A and B and C SV.
SV A or B or C.

Question 21

AoS pattern 5

Answer 21

The series of an even number of balanced pairs joined by a coordinating conjunction creates a balanced rhythm.

A and B, C and D, E and F SV.

Question 22

AoS pattern 8

Answer 22

Dependent clauses in a pair or in a series at the beginning or end of a sentence.

If…, if…, if…, then SV.
SV that…, that…, that…

Question 23

AoS pattern 16

Answer 23

Paired construction. The more SV, the more SV.

The more I saw of his work, the more I knew I didn’t want to purchase any.