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The events in a narrative are known as the...
Plot
Exposition
Resolution
Theme
2
Meter is
the basic rhythmic structure of a line. i.e.. the number of beats in a line.
True
False
3
Which year forms the title of George Orwell's famous dystopian novel?
1964
1948
1984
2001
4
"Sally sat on a suede sofa" would be an example of...
Cliché
Personification
Hyperbole
Sibilance
5
"Moby-Dick" was written by Herman Melville and is a story about a sailor's obsession with finding a lost kingdom
True
False
6
An interruption of the present action to insert something that took place earlier.
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Retrospection
Flashforward
7
The most common letter in English is ...
i
a
u
e
8
The most common meter used in Shakespeare's verse is
Trochaic Tetrameter
Iambic Pentameter
Archaic Dextameter
Prosaic Hexameter
9
Which famous English author wrote
A Christmas Carol?
William Shakespeare
Jane Austen
Emily Dickinson
Charles Dickens
10
Extreme exaggeration to the point of disbelief
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Cliché
11
What is the earliest surviving English poem
Macbeth
Beowulf
Caedmon's Hymn
Canterbury Tales
12
Poets like Shakespeare wrote using a strict one of these. Shakespeare's was ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
Rhyme
Pattern
Rhyme scheme
Vocabulary
13
A character's speech to himself, herself, or no one in particular in a play.
Prologue
Dialogue
Monologue
Soliloquy
14
The Kent based Ian Fleming create which of the following famous literary characters?
James Bond
Molly Bloom
Jon Snow
Atticus Finch
15
She is feeling blue today.
Simile or metaphor?
Simile.
Metaphor.
16
What is the name of Shakespeare's theater?
The Rose
The Apollo
The Globe
TPAC
17
"Life is like a box of chocolates" is an example of:
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Alliteration
18
Hints used to clue the reader into what might happen later in a piece are considered...
Rising action
Climax
Foreshadowing
Flashback
19
How do you know if a phrase is a simile?
It makes something that is not human seem human.
It contains a person, place, or thing.
It compares by saying something is something else.
It uses “like” or “as” to compare things.
20
Mental pictures created by using descriptions of the senses.
Theme
Description
Imagery
Plot
21
"The sad oak tree fought the harsh autumn breeze." The literary device featured here is...
Atmosphere
Tone
Imagery
Personification
22
The map below can be found in which famous fantasy novel?
The Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Hobbit
23
This word is used to describe a third person narrator who knows the characters' thoughts...
Blindminded
Psychointuitive
Limited
Omniscient
24
The author of the Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
Beowulf
William Shakespeare
Anonymous
25
"The family was devastated by the fire. The house was gone. Their things were gone. All gone." Is an example of...
Irony
Setting
Symbolism
Repetition
26
The following text is an example of Non-Fiction
True
False
27
"I was given hundreds of pieces of homework today." Is an example of which technique?
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
28
How many beats are there in each of these lines?
12
8
10
5
29
Which famous writer has a theatre named after them in Canterbury?
William Shakespeare
Kit Marlowe
Calouste Gulbenkian
Geoffrey Chaucer
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A comparison of unlike things that says something is another thing...
Metaphor
Alliteration
Simile
Hyperbole
