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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
meters ✔Correct Answer-organizing patterns of rhythmic pulses
apostrophes ✔Correct Answer-someone, some abstract quality, or a nonexistent personage is
directly addressed as though present
perfect rhyme ✔Correct Answer-Rhymes involving sound that are exactly the same (ex: love, dove)
slant rhyme ✔Correct Answer-rhyme in which the vowel sounds are nearly, but not exactly the
same (i.e. the words "stress" and "kiss"); sometimes called half-rhyme, near rhyme, or partial rhyme
prosaic style ✔Correct Answer-having characteristics of a prose narrative, as opposed to poetical
style and structure.