grammer lines quiz

Question 1

metonomy

Answer 1

using a word to represent another word with which it is closely related.

Question 2

enjambment

Answer 2

when an idea runs from one line to the next

Question 3

synchesis

Answer 3

ABAB word order

Question 4

Archaic Genitive

Answer 4

the use of -um instead of -orum,-arum

Question 5

tricolon crescens

Answer 5

group of three that grows in words or syllables

Question 6

anaphora

Answer 6

two different versions of the same word

(there would be two words and the 2nd is just a different version of the first)

Question 7

ellipsis

Answer 7

when you are missing an important part of the grammar (usually a form of the verb ~to be)

Question 8

syncopated perfect

Answer 8

long ēre in place of ērunt. always a ‘they’. has a -u before ēre example: tenuēre not tenēre

Question 9

anastrophe

Answer 9

Backwards word order.

object of the preposition gets in front of its preposition.

Question 10

Objective Genative

Subjective Genative

Answer 10

comes with a noun that implies action

Question 11

Asendyton

Answer 11

too few ‘and’s

Question 12

Polysendyton

Answer 12

too many ‘and’s

Question 13

line framing

Answer 13

first and last words in a line go together

Question 14

euphemism

Answer 14

making something sound better than it actually is

Question 15

chiasmus

Answer 15

ABBA word order

Question 16

Patronymic

Answer 16

name that comes from an ancestor

Question 17

consonance

Answer 17

repetition of consonant sounds–often making a noise similar to what is going on in the story.

Question 18

-ne

Answer 18

asks a yes or no question

Question 19

sibilant

Answer 19

speech sound creating a hissing effect. (c, f, & s)

Question 20

apositive

Answer 20

noun that re-names another noun

Matches in case

Question 21

Hendiadys

Answer 21

using noun-‘and’-noun instead of adjective-noun.

example: vinclis et carcere ~chains and a prison

Question 22

alliteration

Answer 22

repeating a letter or sound

Question 23

epithet

Answer 23

another naming of something (patronymic is a part of this but a patronymic comes from an ancestor)

Question 24

relative purpose clause

Answer 24

starts with qui or quod and has a subjunctive verb

Question 25

prolepsis

Answer 25

the motifier anticipates an action that hasn’t happened yet

Question 26

anaphora

Answer 26

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses or clauses.

Question 27

Anastrophe

Answer 27

Addresses someone who isn’t there or an indirect object

Question 28

Hyperbole

Answer 28

Rhetorical exaggeration

Question 29

Epic simile

Answer 29

Extended simile 
   Uses words like: 
         •velut
         •ut (with indicative verb)
         •similis

Question 30

Transferred epithet

Answer 30

Adjective modifying something it not exactly fit for.

Question 31

Aposiopesis

Answer 31

Break off in the middle of a sentence

“Why i outta….”