5 Written Questions

1. meant ironically/facetiously
2. rambling, digressive; concluding through reason rather than intuition
3. grammatical arrangement of words in sentances
4. flow, defect, weakness of character
5. characterized by by/producing hissing sound

5 Matching Questions

1. curate
2. pedestrian
3. colloquial
4. pastoral
5. gossamer

1. a member of the clergy, usually an assistant
2. b ordinary, prosaic, lacking imagination
3. c having simplicity, charm of rural areas
4. d informal, conversational style
5. e fine, filmy delicate

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. stale, unoriginal, hackneyed, banal, lacking power because commonplace
   1. trite
   2. segue
   3. curate
   4. foible
2. 17th & 18th century literature that favored rationality, restraint, strict forms based on ancient culture (Greece and Rome)
   1. realism
   2. classicism
   3. macrocosm
   4. cosmic
3. related to the ordered, harmonious whole/universal
   1. gossamer
   2. curate
   3. cosmic
   4. foible
4. instructional
   1. didactic
   2. cosmic
   3. curate
   4. subjective
5. to transition
   1. segue
   2. trite
   3. curate
   4. foible

5 True/False Questions

1. subjective → rambling, digressive; concluding through reason rather than intuition

   True        False

2. realism → writing that exhibits concern with truth and actuality and lack of sentimentality

   True        False

3. cacophonous → harsh sounding, dissonant, strident

   True        False

4. cadenced → rhythmic flow of a sequence of words/sounds; rhythmic pattern

   True        False

5. macrocosm → 17th & 18th century literature that favored rationality, restraint, strict forms based on ancient culture (Greece and Rome)

   True        False