Midterm Review

Question 1

Which sonnet type is the following rhyme scheme? ABAB BCBC CDCD EE

Accepted Answer

Spenserian

Question 2

In the nineteenth century, photography was a window to the world forthe public, few of ______ could ever see the world.

Accepted Answer

whom

Question 3

Professor Renoir is likely to choose you or ____ as his research assistant.

Accepted Answer

Me

Question 4

Which sonnet type is the following rhyme scheme? ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

Accepted Answer

Shakespearan (english)

Question 5

Because each year our children are spending ______ more time in front of a computer, we need to limit their viewing.

Accepted Answer

increasingly

Question 6

You will lose points on the text analysis if you are not right about the central idea.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

How many paragraphs should a text analysis be?

Accepted Answer

Two to three paragraphs

Question 8

when the audience (of a movie, play, etc.) understands somethingabout a character's actions but the characters do not.

Accepted Answer

Dramatic Irony

Question 9

The author shows the audience what kind of person a character isthrough the character's thoughts, words, and deeds.

Accepted Answer

Indirect characterization

Question 10

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose andcriticize people's stupidity or vices.

Accepted Answer

Satire

Question 11

the main character that tells the story of a grand quest in which they use their extraordinary abilities

Accepted Answer

epic hero

Question 12

What is a metaphor?

Accepted Answer

A comparison without the use of like or as.

Question 13

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem orverse.

Accepted Answer

Rhyme Scheme

Question 14

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning ofadjacent or closely connected words.

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 15

a figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given humanattributes or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human.

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 16

a character in a dramatic tragedy who has virtuous andsympathetic traits but ultimately meets with suffering or defeat.

Accepted Answer

Tragic hero

Question 17

How many literary devices do you need in a text analysis?

Accepted Answer

one

Question 18

when the author comes right out and tells the reader what to thinkabout the character.

Accepted Answer

Direct Characterization

Question 19

a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition,narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic figures

Accepted Answer

Epic

Question 20

How many quotes (minimum) should you use in a text analysis?

Accepted Answer

three

Question 21

What is the purpose of a text analysis?

Accepted Answer

to examine/interpret texts by analyzing its content, style, structure, etc.

Question 22

Which sonnet types if the following rhme scheme: ABBAABBA CDE in any order

Accepted Answer

Pertrarchan (italian)

Question 23

Neither the senator nor her opponents _____ addressed the issue of how to pay for the proposed health care reform.

Accepted Answer

have

Question 24

What is a central idea?

Accepted Answer

the most essential ideas of a text; the key points the author wants to make

Question 25

a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology.

Accepted Answer

Archetype

Question 26

a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hiddenmeaning, typically a moral or political one.

Accepted Answer

Allegory

Question 27

a poem of fourteen lines using any formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

Accepted Answer

Sonnet

Question 28

a distinctive repeating feature or idea; often, it helps develop othernarrative aspects such as theme or mood.

Accepted Answer

Motif

Question 29

a play for theater, radio, or television.

Accepted Answer

Drama

Midterm Review

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Midterm Review

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