NYSTCE ELA CST | Questions and Correct Answers | Latest Update 2024/2025

NYSTCE ELA CST | Questions and Correct Answers | Latest Update 2024/2025 Misplaced modifier - 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 - Answer -the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words parallel structure - Answer -the repetition of phrases, clauses, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure dissonance - Answer -Harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds Perlocution - Answer -The effects of something said. (I say, "it's hot" and someone opens a window). blank verse - Answer -unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter) iambic pentemeter - Answer -lines that ideally have five stressed and five unstressed syllables logos - Answer -an appeal based on logic or reasonpathos - Answer -quality in drama, speech, literature, music, or events that arouses a feeling of pity or sadness ethos - Answer -The appeal of a text to the credibility and character o