Wallace House Cup - 4th 9 Weeks 2018

Question 1

The discrepancy between the expected results in a situation and the actual results is

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situational irony

Question 2

Deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration.

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hyperbole

Question 3

Repetition of vowel or consonant sounds found at the beginning of closely located words.

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alliteration

Question 4

Rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet:

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ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

Question 5

A poetic foot with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.

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anapest

Question 6

Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl.

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2nd person

Question 7

______________ is the atmosphere or predominant emotion in a literary work.

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mood

Question 8

______________ is a scene that interrupts the action of a work to show a previous event.

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flashback

Question 9

Sarcasm is a form of verbal irony. Which statement below demonstrates sarcasm?

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Baseball fan: "I love homework during the World Series!"

Question 10

In a poem, this type of rhyme determines rhyme scheme.

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end rhyme

Question 11

______________ is the creation or construction of a fictional character.

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characterization

Question 12

Contractions are acceptable in formal academic writing.

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FALSE

Question 13

In your history book, a Confederate soldier kills a Northerner and discovers he's his brother.

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situational irony

Question 14

10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife.

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situational irony

Question 15

In __________ point-of-view, the narrator has access to ONE character's thoughts and feelings.

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3rd person limited

Question 16

He liked students like Claudie who were eager to learn something new. She loved the Seneca.

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3rd person omniscient

Question 17

It is as if we were speaking alone to no ears but our own...there is no transgression blacker.

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1st person

Question 18

In __________ point-of-view, the narrator uses the pronouns he, she, it, they, him, her, etc.

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3rd person

Question 19

We know that the wolf has eaten the grandmother, but Little Red Riding Hood does not know that.

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dramatic irony

Question 20

Which is NOT a characteristic of a tragic hero?

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maniacal wife

Question 21

______________ is the use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action.

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foreshadowing

Question 22

______________ is a circumstance(s) that prompts a character to act in a certain way.

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motivation

Question 23

Take a line of iambic tetrameter, add 7 iambs, and subtract 8 iambs. What is the poem's meter?

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iambic trimeter

Question 24

Two or more story elements placed side by side to develop their comparisons/constrasts.

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juxtaposition

Question 25

Repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of closely located words.

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consonance

Question 26

Words that mimic the sounds they represent.

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onomatopoeia

Question 27

The son of the police chief is arrested for attempted burglary.

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situational irony

Question 28

In _____ point-of-view, the narrator will use pronouns such as I, me, us, we, my, mine, our(s).

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1st person

Question 29

In __________ point-of-view, the narrator is a character in the story.

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1st person

Question 30

For indirect characterization, the acronym S.T.E.A.L. stands for:

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Speech, Thoughts, Effects on Others, Actions, Looks

Question 31

Direct comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.

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metaphor

Question 32

In_____ point-of-view, the narrator gives instructions or commands directly to the audience.

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2nd person

Question 33

Direct comparison of two unlike things using like or as.

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simile

Question 34

A play on words that are identical or similar in sound by have sharply diverse meanings.

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pun

Question 35

Ann makes a fancy dinner for Bo. He gags, spits out the first bite, and says, "Yummy."

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verbal irony

Question 36

The most basic unit of a poem's meter, a(n) __ is a combination of 2-3 (un)stressed syllables.

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foot

Question 37

______________ makes the reader or audience uncertain or tense about the outcome of events.

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suspense

Question 38

Which of the following is an example of situational irony?

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A vampire has a cross in his house.

Question 39

In __________ point-of-view, the narrator has access to ALL characters' thoughts and feelings.

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3rd person omniscient

Question 40

Contradictory terms placed into a single unusual expression.

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oxymoron

Question 41

Which of the following is an example of verbal irony?

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A tall person is called "Shorty."

Question 42

The student in class who had the highest grades in middle school drops out of high school.

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situational irony

Question 43

______________ is a writer's or speaker's attitude towards the subject.

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tone

Question 44

Any instance in which the narrator or a character says one thing but means something else is

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verbal irony

Question 45

Bob waits all day to take a cigarette break. As he walks outside, he sees a NO SMOKING sign.

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situational irony

Question 46

An iamb consists of ____________________.

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One unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Question 47

Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen. It was safer...even a back can be revealing.

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3rd person limited

Question 48

Which is NOT rule for theme statements?

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No abstract nouns

Question 49

The Razorbacks entered their game 14-1 with an average margin of victory of 17.2 points/game.

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3rd person objective

Question 50

In a movie, a woman jogs in the woods. The next scene shows a wolf waiting the path.

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dramatic irony

Question 51

A poetic foot with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.

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trochee

Question 52

If you have 14 lines of iambic pentameter, how many syllables do you have all together?

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140

Question 53

A poetic foot with two stressed syllables.

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spondee

Question 54

When the audience knows more than the characters involved:

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dramatic irony

Question 55

When the elements of a statement contradict each other but reveal a deeper truth.

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paradox

Question 56

In __________ point-of-view, the narrator is an outside commentator on the action of the story.

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3rd person objective

Question 57

A poetic foot with a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.

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dactyl

Question 58

Marks indicating stressed and unstressed syllables.

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scansion

Question 59

Structure of a Shakespearean sonnet:

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three quatrains and a rhyming couplet

Question 60

Shakespearean sonnets are written in:

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iambic pentameter

Question 61

______________ is the telling of a story through writing or speech.

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narration

Question 62

In __________ point-of-view, the narrator uses the pronouns you & your.

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2nd person

Question 63

Which of the following is an example of dramatic irony?

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Story about Jo who meets his birth mom but doesn't know it

Question 64

A reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing:

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allusion

Wallace House Cup - 4th 9 Weeks 2018

Questions 70

Wallace House Cup - 4th 9 Weeks 2018

Questions 70