Test: Literature Terms - 20 Questions

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5 Matching Questions

  1. Homeric Simile
  2. Blank verse
  3. Diary
  4. Autobiography
  5. Tragic Flaw
  1. a noble characters speak it unless they go crazy or lose their rank
  2. b story about self
  3. c comparison between something unfamiliar to something more familiar (Hermes is like the bird on the water)
  4. d day-to-day record of events
  5. e a positive characteristic or trait that the character embodies but it usually leads to a downfall when taken to an extreme

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. —"It refers to the willingness of a person to accept as true the premises of a work of fiction, even if they are fantastic or impossible
  2. a reference in literature to another important person, place, or event
  3. 14 lines of iambic pentameter with an abab cdcd efef gg rhyme scheme
  4. a type of contradiction that combines two terms ordinarily seen as opposites
  5. play on words (grave man)

5 True/False Question

  1. Tragedy → type of drama that shows the downfall of a noble or outstanding character, one who traditionally possesses a tragic flaw

          

  2. Urban Legend → type of drama that shows the downfall of a noble or outstanding character, one who traditionally possesses a tragic flaw

          

  3. Euphemism → comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as (Juliet is hott like the sun)

          

  4. Iambic Pentameter → comparison between something unfamiliar to something more familiar (Hermes is like the bird on the water)

          

  5. Prose → unrhymed, unpatterned speech. Working class characters speak in it, unless pretending to be noble

          

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