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Literature Subject Test Test

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5 Written Questions

5 Matching Questions

  1. parallelism
  2. point of view
  3. climax
  4. conclusion
  5. sonnet
  1. a who is telling the story, how that person relates to the action of the plot, and how much he knows about what is going on in the story and the minds of the characters
  2. b occurs when similar ideas, structures, or sounds are repeated
  3. c when the hero wins or loses; issues are resolved; order is restored
  4. d a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter
  5. e turning point in the plot; reversal from rising action to falling action

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. occurs when final consonant sounds of stressed syllables are repeated but the preceding vowels are different
  2. dramas written during 1950s and 1960s that consist of images of confused people in a strange world
  3. obstacles placed in the way of the protagonist that set into motion the rising action of the play
  4. when an actor delivers a speech in the presence of others who listen, but do not speak
  5. prose fiction that centers in a moral, often expressed in an epigram by the writer

5 True/False Questions

  1. stanzaconsists of lines that are grouped together in a poem because of the rhythm, rhyme scheme, or meaning

          

  2. surrealismdream images and imaginary expressions

          

  3. synecdochebrief narrative centered on an event or incident

          

  4. onomatopoeiawords, lines, and passages whose sound, size, movement, and overall effect denote the sense or meaning

          

  5. crisisalso known as climax