Summer School Week 3

Question 1

A question asked to provoke thought and not necessarily to be answered.

Accepted Answer

rhetorical question

Question 2

Language that conveys a certain idea by saying the opposite.

Accepted Answer

irony

Question 3

The audience or the reader knows more than the characters in the story.

Accepted Answer

dramatic irony

Question 4

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 5

When my sister got a bad haircut I looked at her and yelled "Nice hair!" This is an example of __________.

Accepted Answer

sarcasm

Question 6

Verbal irony; language that conveys an idea by saying the opposite, Ex: "It's beautiful weather!" When it is raining.

Accepted Answer

sarcasm

Question 7

A common American ______ is that of Bigfoot. A large, hairy, humanlike creature that lives in the woods.

Accepted Answer

myth

Question 8

The audience knows the killer is in the basement, but the character doesn't. This is an example of _______________.

Accepted Answer

dramatic irony

Question 9

Saying "Oh, what a lovely day!" when it is raining outside is an example of _____ _____.

Accepted Answer

verbal irony

Question 10

The tree branches seemed to dance in the breeze. This sentence is an example of _____________.

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 11

When the opposite of what is expected happens this is ______ _____.

Accepted Answer

situational irony

Question 12

The sentence "The bananas made the gorillas go ape." Is a play on words, it is an example of a _______.

Accepted Answer

pun

Question 13

Asking, "Are you serious?" When you hear something surprising is an example of a ___ _____, you don't expect an answer.

Accepted Answer

rhetorical question

Question 14

Many people find writing _____ easier than poetry because it is like everyday speech.

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prose

Question 15

T. S. Eliot is known for writing poems that have no rhyme or rhythm. This is known as _______ _______.

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free verse

Question 16

Regular writing in sentences and paragraphs; not poetry

Accepted Answer

prose

Question 17

The criminal's name was Christian Saint, he was guilty and not a good christian or a saint, this is an example of ____

Accepted Answer

irony

Question 18

The action of a story. What the story is about.

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plot

Question 19

The two teens were nervous to be alone together. The words alone together are an example of a _______.

Accepted Answer

oxymoron

Question 20

When one outcome is expected but another one happens.

Accepted Answer

situational irony

Question 21

Saying one thing but meaning another; verbal sarcasm. Ex: "Wow it is so warm out when it is freezing!"

Accepted Answer

verbal irony

Question 22

I wrote an _________ for my grandpa's funeral.

Accepted Answer

elegy

Question 23

The use of a word that plays on its different meanings. Ex: The bunch of bananas made the gorilla go ape.

Accepted Answer

pun

Question 24

In the movie Jaws a killer, great white shark is on the rampage attacking people. This is part of the ____ of the movie.

Accepted Answer

plot

Question 25

Poetry with no set rhyme, rhythm, meter, or scheme.

Accepted Answer

free verse

Question 26

A legend that embodies the belief of a group of people and explains natural or societal events.

Accepted Answer

myth

Question 27

Words that sound like what they mean. (Ex: Boom, pow, sizzle)

Accepted Answer

onomatopoeia

Question 28

I fell down the stairs making a loud clash and clatter. In this sentence "clash" and "clatter" would be examples of __.

Accepted Answer

onomatopeia

Question 29

A poem mourning the dead or for some other somber occasion.

Accepted Answer

elegy

Question 30

A phrase made up of two seemingly opposite words. Ex: pretty ugly, cruel kindness, jumbo shrimp.

Accepted Answer

oxymoron

Summer School Week 3

Questions 30

Summer School Week 3

Questions 30