NYSTCE ELA CST
Misplaced modifier - ✔✔ correct answer a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word
because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., 'when young' in 'when young, circuses appeal to all of us'
assonance - ✔✔ correct answer the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive
words
parallel structure - ✔✔ correct answer the repetition of phrases, clauses, or sentences that have the
same grammatical structure
dissonance - ✔✔ correct answer Harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds
Perlocution - ✔✔ correct answer The effects of something said. (I say, "it's hot" and someone opens a
window).
blank verse - ✔✔ correct answer unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
iambic pentemeter - ✔✔ correct answer lines that ideally have five stressed and five unstressed syllables
logos - ✔✔ correct answer an appeal based on logic or reason
pathos - ✔✔ correct answer quality in drama, speech, literature, music, or events that arouses a feeling
of pity or sadness
ethos - ✔✔ correct answer The appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or
narrator
topos - ✔✔ correct answer suggests settings, characters, and themes that appear and reappear in
literature. Flood, for instance, is a common theme in literature
enjambments - ✔✔ correct answer When a line continues into the next without punctuation or break
Misplaced modifier - ✔✔ correct answer a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word
because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., 'when young' in 'when young, circuses appeal to all of us'
assonance - ✔✔ correct answer the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive
words
parallel structure - ✔✔ correct answer the repetition of phrases, clauses, or sentences that have the
same grammatical structure
dissonance - ✔✔ correct answer Harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds
Perlocution - ✔✔ correct answer The effects of something said. (I say, "it's hot" and someone opens a
window).
blank verse - ✔✔ correct answer unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
iambic pentemeter - ✔✔ correct answer lines that ideally have five stressed and five unstressed syllables
logos - ✔✔ correct answer an appeal based on logic or reason
pathos - ✔✔ correct answer quality in drama, speech, literature, music, or events that arouses a feeling
of pity or sadness
ethos - ✔✔ correct answer The appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or
narrator
topos - ✔✔ correct answer suggests settings, characters, and themes that appear and reappear in
literature. Flood, for instance, is a common theme in literature
enjambments - ✔✔ correct answer When a line continues into the next without punctuation or break
