Knowledge of Lit Terms & History (4)

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___ is not one of the chief types of composition. Options: narration, description, persuasion, exposition, argumentation

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persuasion

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Which of these would be an example of folk etymology?

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cole slaw becomes cold slaw

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Iambic pentameter is called ___ because it’s often used in epic poetry.

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heroic line

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His/her attending George Bernard Shaw’s Nobel banquet would create an anachronism.

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Peter Handke

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The recipient of the 1969 Pulitzer for fiction – House Made of Dawn – was author ___.

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N. Scott Momaday

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In which of these years was Robert Frost not awarded a Pulitzer for poetry? 1924, 1931, 1937, 1943, 1946

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1946

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A person could currently watch the movie adaptation of this 1990 Pulitzer for drama on Netflix. The playwright is August Wilson.

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The Piano Lesson

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Originally meaning “a drinking together” in Greek, this term has come to mean a discussion by different persons on a single topic.

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symposium

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___ was not written by American novelist John Updike. Options: Rabbit Redux, The Coup, Rabbit is Rich, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Rabbit Run

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The Tale of Peter Rabbit

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Who is the English writer of 'Children of Violence', 'The Story of a Non-Marrying Man', and 'Memoirs of a Survivor'?

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Doris Lessing