5 Written Questions

1. the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
2. a humorous play on words
3. the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
4. in drama, a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience
5. a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

5 Matching Questions

1. theme
2. parallelism
3. synecdoche
4. tone
5. tragic hero

1. a phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other
2. b The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. Usually unstated in fictional works, but in nonfiction may be directly stated, especially in expository or argumentative writing.
3. c A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor-all hands on deck), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword).
4. d A literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy
5. e the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of a story, toward a character, or toward the audience (the readers).

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly
   1. satire
   2. tone
   3. simile
   4. style
2. a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
   1. satire
   2. irony
   3. style
   4. simile
3. substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (such as 'Hollywood' instead of the US film industry)
   1. style
   2. tone
   3. irony
   4. metonymy
4. a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered
   1. rhetorical question
   2. soliloquy
   3. parallelism
   4. tragic hero
5. Paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another
   1. motif
   2. syntax
   3. irony
   4. oxymoron

5 True/False Questions

1. thesis statement → the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis

   True        False

2. irony → the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of a story, toward a character, or toward the audience (the readers).

   True        False

3. persona → the speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing

   True        False

4. understatement → the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis

   True        False

5. sarcasm → form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly

   True        False