Which answer choice provides the best definition of dramatic irony?

The reader knows a truth that a character does not.

Which answer choice provides the clearest example of an internal conflict?

The struggle of guilt for a mistake as a child

Why do author's use regional dialect?

To add to the authenticity of the narrative

Which of the following sentences contains a dangling modifier?

Listening carefully, distant thunder could be detected.

Which is an example of direct characterization?

Before them towered a man sad, preoccupied, and unaware.

Which answer best defines the concept of setting?

Time and place in which a work occurs

Which sentence contains an introductory clause?

If you see smoke, you know there is fire.

Which answer choice best defines the literary concept of theme?

The insight or meaning through details

Which is not an example of regional dialect?

Of course, she was faster than that!

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between plot and conflict?

All plots are driven by conflict

Which answer choice provides the best example of situtational irony?

A runner, set to win, gets to the arena too late to compete.

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1
Which answer choice provides the best definition of dramatic irony?
A character understands a secret.
The reader knows a truth that a character does not.
The story ending contradicts what "should have" happened.
A character realizes the truth.
2
Which answer choice provides the clearest example of an internal conflict?
The struggle of guilt for a mistake as a child
The struggle against restriction of traditional gender roles
The struggle to distinguish one's self against siblings
The struggle to survive after being lost in a blizzard
3
Why do author's use regional dialect?
To add to the authenticity of the narrative
To show that the character has special knowledge
To make the reader research the origin of unknown phrases
To teach the reader to speak in dialect
4
Which of the following sentences contains a dangling modifier?
Listening carefully, distant thunder could be detected.
Walking in the park, I saw a rabbit under a bush.
Standing on the bench, the children saw dolphins
Together, we worked to get the project finished in time.
5
If the root genus, or gen-, means birth, then what word is similar to generation?
Spirit
Plant
Beginning
World
6
The use of extreme or exaggerated statements is called _____________.
Understatement
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Puns and word play
7
In general, how is narrative poetry similar to narrative prose?
Both use first person.
Both tell a story.
Both have strong rhyme patterns.
Both contain irony.
8
Which is an example of direct characterization?
His gaze glittered with a grim smile.
Before them towered a man sad, preoccupied, and unaware.
He leaned slouchingly against the wall.
Abraham Lincoln journeyed with his party.
9
Which answer best defines the concept of setting?
A location that generates conflict
Physical environment
A real life place
Time and place in which a work occurs
10
Which sentence contains an introductory clause?
You have given me no choice, but I would rather eat now.
You will find the missing shoe in the corner of the room.
Yes, she is going to the party.
If you see smoke, you know there is fire.
11
Which is an example of indirect characterization?
He was an heir of traditions of learning and breeding.
He was a careful student.
The President gazed at him.
He was a finished gentleman.
12
Which answer choice best defines the literary concept of theme?
The series of conflicts characters face
The moral of a story
The use of images that express meaning
The insight or meaning through details
13
Which is not an example of regional dialect?
Thish-yer Smiley had a mare.
Of course, she was faster than that!
He use to win money on that horse, for all she was so slow.
As near as you could cipher it down.
14
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between plot and conflict?
Conflict is useful but not essential to plot
All plots are driven by conflict
In most plots, external conflicts are more important
In most plots, internal conflicts are more important
15
If the prefix mono- means "one" or "single", then the word monosyllabic means?
Dictionary
Pronouns
Word
Synonym
16
What is a rhyme scheme?
The pattern the poem follows.
The long words in a poem.
The title of a poem.
The sounds used in a poem.
17
The root -pend-, as in pendulum and pendant, means?
To happen
To look
To write
To hang
18
Which answer choice best defines the concept of plot?
Changes in setting or characters in a story
All actions in a story
Portrayal of characters in a story
Sequence of events in a story
19
Which answer choice provides the best example of situtational irony?
An A+ student claims she "hates it" when she makes A's.
A runner, set to win, gets to the arena too late to compete.
A candidate who is leading in the polls wins the election.
A character in a play tells the audience a secret.
20
The word orchestrated means?
To organize and direct
To arrange music
To take suggestions
To avoid decision

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