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This is a list of Literary terms and examples.
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1
Which is not tone from a short story?
Joy as their relationship progresses in "Desiree's Baby"
suspense that turns to horror in The Most Dangerous Game
ominous with Aylmer's obsession in "Birthmark"
the male tone is condescension in "Trifles."
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All are Euphemisms except one
Put to sleep
Passed away
The birds and the bees
Wrong answer
3
Free Verse are all except
known as vers libre which is a French word
Have regular meter and rhythm
do not follow a scheme and rules
based on normal pauses and natural rhythmic phrases
4
Which is not an example of Metonymy?
The students study for the exam
The Oval Office was busy in work
Let me give you a hand
The pen is mightier than the sword
5
Comic Relief is present in which?
Wooing Ariadne
I Stand Here Ironing
Hamlet
The Hand
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Verbal Irony is
when something happens that is different from expectations
incongruity between expectations and reality
words expressing something contrary to truth or feeling
irony in which actions have an effect opposite from intended
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All but one describe connotation
an idea that invokes in addition to the primary meaning
a feeling that adds to the primary meaning
an abstract meaning in addition to the literal meaning
a distrust and confusion placed within diction and syntax
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Invective
is descriptive of a vice
is used only as a poetic device
is a denunciation
is harsh abusive language
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Enjambment is all but
primarily used in prose and non-fiction
the running over of a sentence from one poetic line to next
the opposite of end-stopped
a line that continues without punctuation
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Apostrophe is best used in
The Heart of Darkness
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Beloved
Hamlet
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"Men sell the wedding bells" is an example of
Cadence
Alliteration
Assonance
Cacophony
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"All's fair in love and war" is an example of
Juxtaposition
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Symbolism
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Foil is all but one
the antagonist
Highlights particular qualities of another character
A character that contrasts with another character
In some cases, a subplot to the main plot
14
an ode is
a formal lyric poem that celebrates a person, place, thing..
the style which made Poe famous
a type of romantic poem
always written in ABAB quatrains
15
Which is a simile?
The wind talked and sang throughout the day
Her laughter was was music to his soul
Her laughter was like a warm blanket or a familiar song
He is the Tiger Woods of the golf team.
16
Catastrophe is all except?
It is a synonym of denouement.
It follows protasis, epitasis, andd catatasis
It precedes the turning point.
It is the final resolution
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Situational irony is all but one
Incongruity between expectations and reality
Often used incorrectly in place of coincidence
Audience knows about the situation but the characters do not
Irony involving actions opposite from what is expected
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Deus ex machina is present in all except one.
The narrator falling down the man hole in Invisible Man.
Kaka Sharif's contact in the INS in The Kite Runner.
Sailor giving Horatio letters from Hamlet.
Bromden running away from the ward.
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An Octave is
a poem or stanza of eight lines
high level interpreted language
a collection of four stanzas
a four line stanza followed by a four line stanza
20
Which is not an example of Synecdoche?
She is the breadwinner
She is wise wrinkles and all
The gray beards certainly claim to know
The suits will decide our fate
21
A Sonnet has all but one
a poem written in iambic pentameter
a poem written in 14 lines
a poem written in ABAB CDCD EFEF GG scheme
a poem with four quatrains
22
Which is not an Allegory
Trueblood's story from Invisible Man
The Nurse's window in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Famous rape scene in The Kite Runner
The character Beloved from the novel
23
"But a better butter makes a batter better" is an example of
Cadence
Alliteration
Cacophony
Assonance
24
Which is a Paradox
run slowly
Sometimes you need to be cruel to be kind
icy hot
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others
25
Anti-Hero
is a central character
is the antagonist
is one who lacks heroic attributes
is the protagonist
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Personification is all but?
Traffic moved like a sea turtle on the sand
Lightning danced across the sky
The car complained as the key was turned
My alarm clock yells at me every morning
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"The time is out of joint, O cursed spite/That ever I was born to set it right!" is
an example of assonance
an example of a couplet
an example of alliteration
an example of cacophony
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An Anecdote is not
intended to support or demonstrate some point
imparting a deeper meaning
a real event
a short interesting story
29
Which is not a metaphor?
Life is like a river flowing through you and me
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day
The assignment was a breeze.
Her voice is music to his ears.
30
Dramatic irony is
when the audiences knows and the character(s) does not
is in Robert Frost's "Mending Wall."
used with Marlow going up river
expressed through the voice of a character
31
Aside is all but one
could be the thoughts of a character
could be a soliloquy
is usually used as comic effect
a remark by a character that is not heard by others
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Proverb is all except
a short pithy saying
popularly known and repeated
a general truth or piece of advice
a metaphoric statement
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Antagonist
A character that goes through change
Is a flat character
Is an opposition to the protagonist
Is always a minor character
34
"His fingers rapped and pounded the door" is an example of
Cacophony
Chiasmus
Caesura
Consonance
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A stanza of four lines is known as
an octrain
1/3 of a sonnet
a quatrain
a heroic couplet
36
a colloquial phrase is
mistaken for connotation of disapproval
the use of vulgar or bad words
an outstandingly worded sentence
ordinary or familiar conversation
37
a mournful or sad poem, particularly a lament for the dead, is known as
an epigraph poem
a sonnet
an elegy poem
Petratchian Poetry
38
Ekphrasis is
a writing that is always a poem
a writing that describes emotion and tone
a writing that describes another work of art
a writing that describe imagery and diction
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a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way is
an oxymoron
an epithet
an epigram
an authorial
40
Which is not a characteristic of a Petrarchan Sonnet?
It is two stanza of 8 and 6 lines
Ends with a two line couplet
a shift occurs between 8th and 9th line
It has Italian roots
41
Which is an example of a farce turned to tragedy?
Birthmark
Bartleby the Scrivener
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
The Bet
42
Symbol
an object that stands for something greater than itself
an object that strands for itself and a graeter idea
an object that stands for itself
an object that stands for itself and a greater idea
43
Which novel has a prologue?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Heart of Darkness
Invisible Man
The Kite Runner
44
Euphony shares all of these features except
use of long vowels that are more melodious than consonants
soft consonants w, s, y to create pleasant sounds
harmonious consonants such as "l, m, n, r" sounds
hard loving sounds from consonants like z, k, ck
45
Suspension of disbelief is all except
a willingness to suspend one's critical faculties
a willingness to sacrifice realism for enjoyment
a willingness to believe the believable
a willingness to believe the unbelievable
46
All except one are representative of Spondee
it is typically not used in the entire poem
its purpose is to put emphasis on words
a two accented syllables (Dum-Dum) stress pattern
always in a Shakespearian Couplet
47
Satire is in which novel
Slaughter House Five
Beloved
The Kite Runner
The Heart of Darkness
