English 11 Midterm Review (No Research Content)

ID the Phrase: We should help the people affected by the storm.

Why does Petruchio marry Katherine?

Who pretends to be Lucentio's father?

Name the Device: An outrageous exaggeration used for effect.

What is the most common type of meter, characterized by five stressed and five unstressed syllables?

ID the Phrase: The candidate was reluctant to accept the position.

Which type of irony: The audience knows something a character does not.

Where does the majority of The Taming of the Shrew take place?

Active or Passive? He ate an apple because he was hungry.

Active or Passive? The movie is being made in Hollywood.

Name the Device: Attributing human characteristics to an inanimate object, animal, or abstract idea.

Which type of irony: A character means the opposite of what he or she says.

TotS character: The father of Katherine and Bianca.

Name the Device: Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other, usually on the same line.

ID the Phrase: Joe doesn’t like waking up early on Saturdays.

ID the Error: Making up his mind quickly.

S/V Agreement: Either answer ___ acceptable.

Who is disguised as Litio, Bianca's music tutor?

Punctuation: Mary wasn’t worried about the game ___ because she had practiced all week.

Who convinces Lucentio and Bianca to elope?

Punctuation: The American flag has three colors ___ red, white, and blue.

Which of the following is an example of satire?

Which of the following is NOT a servant?

Name the Device: Language that appeals to the senses.

Which type of irony: The outcome of the situation is opposite of what is expected.

Which statement is true about A Modest Proposal?

What was Swift's "modest" proposal?

Who does Hortensio marry?

ID the Error: Sam asked me to go for a ride on the telephone.

TotS character: The sharp-tongued, quick-tempered, violent elder-daughter of Baptista Minola; The play's shrew.

Name the Device: Speaking directly to a real or imagined listener or inanimate object.

ID the Error: By digging test wells, new oil sources were located.

Name the Device: The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables within a line of poetry.

How does Tranio convince the merchant to pretend to be Vincentio?

Which of the following literary devices is NOT commonly used in satire?

TotS character: Comes to Padua to study at university, but immediately falls in love with Bianca.

Name the Device: Repeated vowel sounds in words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines.

Name the Device: The emotional, psychological or social overtones of a word.

P/A Agreement: If someone has been drinking, ___ may drive poorly.

Name the Device: A direct comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as.”

Which of the following is a type of satire?

S/V Agreement: All the songs ___ good when using these headphones.

Which type of satire often attacks and shows contempt for people?

ID the Error: Victor received an A on his History test he was happy.

Name the Device: The dictionary definition of a word.

What is one issue with all satire?