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Lit & Comp Midterm Review 20 Questions
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A quiz on literary terms for American Literature and Composition.
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An autobiographical account of a person's life as a slave.
exploration narrative
sermon
slave narrative
autobiography
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A metaphor taken to its logical limit (builds throughout the poem).
conceit
stanza
iambic pentameter
paraphrase
3
An oratory that uses rhetorical devices i.e. restatement, repetition, and parallelism.
rhetorical question
exploration narrative
persuasive speech
sermon
4
A short saying with a message.
stanza
aphorism
methaphor
theme
5
Jumbo shrimp: A figure of speech with 2 contradictory terms in conjunction.
analogy
oxymoron
archetype
aphorism
6
Writing characterized by short words, direct statements and everyday objects and experiences.
myth
sermon
exploration narrative
Puritan Plain Style
7
A traditional, poetic form with rhyming pairs of lines in iambic pentameter.
heroic couplets
stanza
aphorism
extended metaphor
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A group of consecutive lines in a poem that forms a unit and usually introduces a new idea.
heroic couplet
stanza
rhetoric
archetype
9
Symbols, patterns, or character types that repeat across cultures.
stanza
theme
archetype
legend
10
Words with strong connotations or associations used to produce an intense emotional response.
syntax
conceit
oxymoron
charged words
11
Placing of sentence elements.
inversion
aphorism
syntax
oxymoron
12
A religious, persuasive, emotional, relevant, and rhythmic speech given from a pulpit.
sermon
archetype
myth
theme
13
A traditional story that explains how life, a feature of the world, or a custom began.
myth
theme
archetype
symbol
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Placing of sentence elements out of normal position.
aphorism
syntax
oxymoron
inversion
15
A life history written by its subject.
autobiography
exploration narrative
persuasive speech
aphorism
16
To restate a text in your own words.
paragraph
inversion
charged words
paraphrase
17
When a person, place, animal, or object represents something else, often an abstraction.
theme
symbolism
metaphor
archetype
18
Restatement, allusion, analogy, and rhetorical question are ...
oratory
sermon
rhetorical devices
persuasive speech
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Writing that tells the stories of real people, places, objects, or events.
aphorism
narrative non-fiction
rhetoric
myth
