English 11B Final Exam Review

What is the use of word order, grammar, and sentence phrasing for a specific effect?

What did William Shakespeare do for a living?

What is it when a character is alone, speaks to him/herself & reveals background information not stated anywhere else.

What kind of rhyme is "tap" and "zap?"

What is the first line of a soliloquy we read in Macbeth?

How can an aside enhance the characters or plot of the play?

What kind of irony is often spoken in a sarcastic manner?

Which sentence has no errors?

What type of irony is it when Macbeth is defeated after branches of the Birnam Wood forest move to his castle?

True or False: poems do not have themes.

When Langston Hughes says a deferred dream "stinks like rotten meat," what literary device is he using?

Identify the direct object: "James hit the ball out of the park."

What is the literary device that engages or appeals to our five senses? (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell)

Identify the verb: "James hit the ball out of the park."

What literary device is this: a character is alone & speaks their true thoughts & feelings to themself, not the audience

What kind of literature depicts an exaggerated worst-case scenario in order to warn about potentially harmful trends?

What is dramatic irony?

Which sentence has no errors?

What is situational irony?

Where should we put the comma(s): Graduation as you know is May 31.

What is it called when Macbeth is alone, about to murder the king, and he speaks about how he sees a floating dagger?

Which of the following is/are motifs in the play, Macbeth?

Which sentence has no errors?

Which of the following is NOT a feature of a dystopian society?

When Langston Hughes writes that a deferred dream is "like a raisin in the sun," what literary device is being used?

Identify the irony:Banquo is killed late at night & someone says sarcastically, "people shouldn't go out late at night!"

What is the difference from what appears to be true and what actually is true?

Duncan arrives at Macbeth's castle & says how pleasant it is there; we know that Mabeth is actually plotting his murder.

Identify the subject: "James hit the ball out of the park."

Why does the author prominently feature a dance between Harrison Bergeron and the ballerina?

What is it when a character is alone, speaks to him/herself & reveals information that foreshadows future events.

Choose the correct label: "They drove to school, but they walked home."

How do the various, strange handicaps in "Harrison Bergeron" contribute to the author's theme?

What is a deliberate, outrageous exaggeration that can be serious or funny?

What literary device is this: a recurring object, idea, symbol, etc, that unifies a literary work & enhances the theme?

What is it when a character speaks directly to the audience, while the other characters on stage do not hear this?

How is a dystopia different from utopia?

What is Macbeth's tragic flaw?

What are some common features of a dystopia?

What do you call the use of words in a literary work which is described as "formal, informal, colloquial, or slang?"

What is the literary device that seems like nonsense at first, but after closer inspection, it actually makes sense?

What is the character defect that causes a character's doom?

What message was the author of "Harrison Bergeron" trying to tell us?

What is a stanza?

What is the main message or lesson in a story?

What kind of rhyme is "ash" and "push?"

What is the feeling created in the reader in response to a text or part of a text?

In "A Modest Proposal," why does the author say people in Ireland should start to eat babies?