5 Written Questions

1. A device that depends on the existence of at least two separate and contrasting levels of meaning embedded in one message. Verbal irony is sarcasm when the speaker says something other than what they really mean. In dramatic irony the audience is more aware than the characters in a work. Situational irony occurs when the opposite of what is expected happens. This type of irony often emphasizes that people are caught in forces beyond their comprehension and control.
2. A literary work which exposes and ridicules human vices or folly. Historically perceived as tending toward didacticism it is usually intended as a moral criticism directed against the injustice of social wrongs.
3. The art of persuasive argument through writing or speech--the art of eloquence and charismatic language.
4. A figure of speech in which an overstatement or exaggeration is used for deliberate effect
5. The attribution of human emotions or characteristics to inanimate objects or to nature; for example angry clouds; a cruel wind.

5 Matching Questions

1. Parody
2. Intertextuality
3. Epithet
4. Pastoral
5. Protagonist

1. a a literary form in which the style of an author or particular work is mocked in its style for the sake of comic effect
2. b _____is thus a way of accounting for the role of literary and extra-literary materials without recourse to traditional notions of authorship. A literary work then is not simply the product of a single author but of its relationship to other texts and to the strucutures of language itself.
3. c the central character of a literary work
4. d Of relating to or being a literary or other artistic work that portrays or evokes rural life usually in an idealized way.
5. e In literature a word of phrase preceding or following a name which serves to describe the character. For example in the Iliad: Zeus-loved Achilles

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. a common theme in Greek tragedies and mythology whose stories often featured protagonists suffering from hubris and subsequently being punished by the gods for it.
   1. Aphorism
   2. Farce
   3. Genre
   4. Hubris
2. the repetition of words phrases sentences that have the same grammatical structure or that restate a similar idea. Restatement is repetition of an entire idea in different words. Structuralism Parallelism is the repetition of a word or entire sentence pattern. Antithesis is connecting ideas that are opposite rather than similar.
   1. Romanticism
   2. Formalism
   3. Parallelism
   4. Parable
3. a villain who has a particular interest in defeating a hero or group of heroes and who is often of particular interest to the hero(es) in return.
   1. Exegesis
   2. Semiotics
   3. Realism
   4. Nemesis
4. strict observance of the established rules traditions and methods employed in the arts. _____ can also refer to the theory of art that relies heavily on the organization of forms in a work rather than on the content.
   1. Naturalism
   2. Realism
   3. Formalism
   4. Minimalism
5. A term from classical rhetoric that describes a situation in which you introduce subjects in the order A B and C and then talk about them in the order C B and A.
   1. Catharsis
   2. Chiasmus
   3. Theme
   4. Nemesis

5 True/False Question

1. Conceit → A far-fetched simile or metaphor a literary _____occurs when the speaker compares two highly dissimilar things.
   

   True        False

2. Minimalism → "Broadly defined as ""the faithful representation of reality"" or ""verisimilitude"" _____is a literary technique practiced by many schools of writing. Although strictly speaking realism is a technique it also denotes a particular kind of subject matter especially the representation of middle-class life."
   

   True        False

3. Voice → An inspirational saying or platitude.
   

   True        False

4. Naturalism → The term naturalism describes a type of literature that attempts to apply scientific principles of objectivity and detachment to its study of human beings. Unlike realism which focuses on literary technique naturalism implies a philosophical position
   

   True        False

5. Diction → An author's choice of words. Since words have specific meanings and since one's choice of words can affect feelings a writer's choice of words can have great impact in a literary work.
   

   True        False