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Which of the following works point out the compromised position of women?
The Namesake
Frankenstein
All of the above
The Turn of the Screw
2
A six line stanza is a:
spondee
sestet
sestina
septet
3
Hamlet is speaking in ________ when he says "I must be cruel only to be kind."
parody
paradox
hyperbole
oxymoron
4
Transparent language, lack of sentimentality, psychology, and objectivity.
Impressionism
Realism
Naturalism
Romanticism
5
Half
a league,
half
a league/
Half
a league
on
ward contains what kind of metric foot?
trochee
anapest
dactyl
iamb
6
Words spoken by an author intended to be heard by the audience but not other characters:
aside
soliloquy
stage direction
monologue
7
According to Aristotle, the release of emotions that the audience of a tragedy experiences.
catharsis
consonance
Epic
8
The rhetorical appeal that would inspire feelings of pity, sympathy, or sorrow would be ____.
el flunko senior year
logos
ethos
pathos
9
A soliloquy in a Shakespearean play is an example of a/an:
conflict
convention
cadence
cacophony
10
Which of the following works had a parallel plot?
Hamlet
A Doll's House
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Turn of the Screw
11
An anapest is:
Two accented syllables followed by an unaccented syllable.
Two unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable.
An unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable
An accented syllable followed by an unaccented syllable
12
Short non-narrative poem characterized by personal feelings and musicality such as an ode.
epic
free verse
lyric
narrative
13
Understatement is the opposite of
hyperbole
comic relief
satire
irony
14
A poem that laments the dead or a loss-
lyric
elegy
ballad
sonnet
15
A quotation placed at the beginning of a novel or other document.
non sequitur
parable
epigram
epigraph
16
Genre is which characters experience reality differently from what we term the objective world.
Parable
romanticism
magical realism
realism
17
The literary movement that takes realism to the extreme and depicts man as an animal in society
Beastism
Romanticism
Impressionsim
Naturalism
18
figure of speech- replaces the name of something with a word closely associated with it
metonymy
symbol
simile
synedoche
19
"Sofie was no ordinary Jesus" is an example of a _______________.
litote
paradox
metaphor
parody
20
Scansion
A direct comparison
Analysis of a poem's rhyme and meter
highly structured poetic form of 39 lines
the grammatical structure of prose
21
A story that operates on more than one level and usually teaches a moral lesson is a:
magical realism
parable
paradox
parody
22
Moment in the story where a character achieves realization, awareness or a feeling of knowledge
epiphany
climax
epithet
epistrophe
23
A comic imitation of a work that ridicules the original.
paradox
parody
pathos
parable
24
According to Aristotle, a tragic hero must have all of the following traits except _______.
fatal flaw
bad breath
exalted postition
moment of realization and ultimate suffering
25
A rhyming pair of lines in iambic pentameter is a _______________.
epistrophe
heroic couplet
caeusura
masculine rhyme
26
A simple narrative poem often with dialogue, written in quatrains, with a rhyme scheme of abcd
dramatic monologue
free verse
ballad
villanelle
27
Genre of poetry characterized by short lyric poems by courtiers with a theme of "carpe diem."
Metaphysical
Beat
Cavalier
Romantic
28
The shift in an Italian sonnet is known as the:
reverse
volta
shiftinio
spaghetti
29
"Be with me Beauty, for the fire is dying." Keats
aubade
anapest
anaphora
apostrophe
30
Antimetabole is a literary device in which a phrase is repeated but in reverse order. Same as:
vignette
parody
onomatopoeia
chiasmus
31
Like the downward smoke, the slender stream/Along the cliff to fall and pause and fall did seem
cacophony
euphony
euphemism
slant rhyme
32
"Get your butt over here" is an example of
paraphrase
metonomy
synecdoche
parallelism
33
masculine rhyme is
rhyme of two syllables
slant rhyme
rhyme of one syllable
approximate rhyme
34
A love poem set at dawn which bids farewell to the beloved.
aubade
sonnet
villanelle
ode
35
"Little strokes/Fell great oaks" is an example of an:
epigraph
euphony
epistrophe
epigram
36
"Goodbye Chris Hemsworth, I bid you adieu, as I tiptoe through the early morning dew"
an ode
an aubade
a ballad
a sonnet
37
"When she saw the monster she was putrified" contains an example of:
metaphor
hyperbole
spoonerism
malapropism
38
The purpose of the rhetorical appeal of ethos is to __________________.
Put you to sleep for surgery
establish the speaker/writer's credibility through character
appeal to the listener/reader's emotions
make you want to be a better person
39
The word "faithful" mimics the beat of what metrical foot?
dactyl
trochee
spondee
iamb
40
One might write a/an ________________for Kurt Cobain, John Lennon, or your high school career.
ode
aubade
elegy
villanelle
41
Background information in a literary work.
exposition
prologue
exciting force
rising action
42
antecedent
the word or phrase to which a pronoun refers
a reference in literature a work of art or other writing
the deliberate choice of a style of language
an abrupt, disappointing end
43
All of the following are stressed in Romanticism except:
emotions
the sublime
rationalism
the individual
44
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!”
cacophony
connotation
euphony
hyperbole
45
"He was not averse to taking a drink" and "s:he was no saint" are examples of
epigram
metonomy
metaphors
litotes
46
A _____________ is usually paired with an octave to make a Petrarchan sonnet.
septet
sestet
ocatve
triplet
47
Quality of being intentionally unclear.
allusion
oxymoron
ambiguity
paradox
48
The metrical foot that echoes the sound of life-a heartbeat.
anapest
dactyl
trochee
iamb
49
Highly structured poem: six stanzas-five tercets, a quatrain and repeating first and third line
sonnet
elegy
villanelle
ballad
50
How now brown cow is an example of:
assonance
consonance
feminine rhyme
alliteration
51
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
consonance
poetry
blank verse
Haiku
52
A type of poem which extols the virtues of and ideal place or time.
Idyll
ballad
Pastoral
dramatic monologue
53
Restraint, clarity, noble purpose, and objectivity are hallmarks of _________________.
Romanticism
Aestheticism
Classicism
Modernism
54
Poetry characterized by highly complex, philosophical ideas, paradox and extended metaphors.
Lyric
Metaphysical
Romantic
Victorian
55
A kind of comedy that relies on exaggerated or improbable situations or sexual innuendo.
farce
relief
parody
satire
56
"You can take the girl out of the country but you cannot take the country out of the girl" is a
chiasmus
juxtaposition
paradox
Caesura
57
Ridiculing writing , criticizing the corruption or foolishness of society, intended to improve.
analogy
Satire
Parody
tongue-in-cheek
58
A literary movement that stressed "art for art's sake" and defied conventions was _____________
Impressionism
Aestheticism
Romanticism
Classicism
59
The words, downtown, earthquake, and doorstop are all _________________
trochaic
iambic
dactylic
spondaic
60
A rhetorical question:
is personal
does not anticipate an answer
expects a negative answer
presumes an erroneous answer