ENG16-REVIEW

ENG16-REVIEW

By Aira Jesus

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1. This portrays human life and action through some characters and those characters by their words and actions communicate certain messages for the purpose of education, information and entertainment.

• a. Language

• b. Speech

• c. Grammar

• d. Literature

Literature is the mirror of life. It helps us to understand those things that are not easily understood and comprehended that includes pain, hatred, love, death, war, sacrifice, human nature, and more surprisingly truth. Furthermore, it helps us to understand the power of language.

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2. This pertains to the way the writer forms his/her ideas, forms, structures, and expressions which are marked by their memorable substances.

• a. Suggestiveness

• b. Style

• c. Spiritual Value

• d. Permanence

Style is the literary element that describes the ways that the author uses words — the author's word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement all work together to establish mood, images, and meaning in the text.

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3. These are the two main divisions of literature.

• a. Drama and Novel

• b. Flash Fiction and Oration

• c. Novel and Poems

• d. Prose and Poetry

Prose is a major form of literature; both fiction and nonfiction are included in prose. Poetry, on the other hand is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning.

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4. This is a literary device that moves an audience from the present moment in a chronological narrative to a scene in the past.

• a. Foreshadowing

• b. In media res

• c. Flashback

• d. Repetition

Flashbacks are interruptions that writers do to insert past events, in order to provide background or context to the current events of a narrative.

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5. This is a literary device that involves intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work.

• a. Foreshadowing

• b. In media res

• c. Flashback

• d. Repetition

Repetition is a literary device that involves intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work. Repeating the same words or phrases in a literary work of poetry or prose can bring clarity to an idea and/or make it memorable for the reader.

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6. This is a type of irony that occurs when the audience has more information than one or more characters in a work of literature.

• a. Verbal Irony

• b. Dramatic Irony

• c. Situational Irony

• d. Local Color Irony

Irony as a literary device is a situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality. And dramatic irony, also known as tragic irony, this is when a writer lets their reader know something that a character does not.

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7. This is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

• a. Foreshadowing

• b. In media res

• c. Flashback

• d. Repetition

Foreshadowing is a literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story. Foreshadowing is useful for creating suspense, a feeling of unease, a sense of curiosity, or a mark that things may not be as they seem.

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8. This period is named after Queen Victoria and during her reign, novels became very prominent.

• a. Romantic Period

• b. Victorian Period

• c. Medieval Period

• d. Elizabethan Period

The realistic Victorian novels became popular because it was the first time characters in a novel were similar and connected to the people of the middle class. Another contributing factor is because of improvements in papermaking and printing technology made printing books much cheaper.

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9. This literary period is generally considered one of the golden ages in English literature. Theater and poetry were the dominant forms of literature during this period.

• a. Romantic Period

• b. Victorian Period

• c. Medieval Period

• d. Elizabethan Period

The Elizabethan age is seen as a golden age because it was a long period of peace and prosperity in England in which the economy grew and the arts , exploration and trade flourished.

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10. It is the longest epic poem in Old English.

• a. Beowulf

• b. Caedmon

• c. Cynewulf

• d. Venerable Bede

Beowulf is a classic tale of the triumph of good over evil, and divides neatly into three acts. And the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European vernacular epic.

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11. He was a writer of the Medieval Period, he’s a translator and publisher and he pioneered the first English printer.

• a. William Shakespeare

• b. Geoffrey Chaucer

• c. Edmund Spenser

• d. William Caxton

The first English printer, who, as a translator and publisher, exerted an important influence on English literature.

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12. He was considered as the greatest poet of the Medieval Period and he was widely known for his work “The Canterbury Tales”.

• a. William Shakespeare

• b. Geoffrey Chaucer

• c. Francis Bacon

• d. William Caxton

Chaucer is known for his work The Canterbury Tales and his metrical innovations. He invented Rhyme Royal stanza pattern which is a seven-lined stanza in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of ababbcc and was also the first to use blank verse in his poetry.

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13. There were two groups of poetry during this period. The first group was the pagan poetry represented by Beowulf; the second was the religious poetry represented by the works of Caedmon and Cynewulf.

• a. Romantic Period

• b. Classicism

• c. Anglo-Saxon Period

• d. Modern Period

There were two groups of poetry in the Anglo-Saxon period. The first group was the pagan poetry represented by Beowulf; the second was the religious poetry represented by the works of Caedmon and Cynewulf. In the 8th century, Anglo-Saxon prose appeared. The famous prose writers of that period were Venerable Bede and Alfred the Great.

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14. He was an English poet, playwright, and actor during the Elizabethan Period, usually regarded as the highest writer in the English language and the world's supreme dramatist. He is frequently called England's nationwide poet and the "Bard of Avon".

• a. William Shakespeare

• b. Geoffrey Chaucer

• c. Francis Bacon

• d. William Caxton

William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor during the Elizabethan Period, usually regarded as the highest writer in the English language and the world's supreme dramatist. He is frequently called England's nationwide poet and the "Bard of Avon".

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15. He was a prominent figure during the Elizabethan period and is best known for his essays such as “Of Studies”, “Of Truth”, “Of Death” etc.

• a. William Shakespeare

• b. Geoffrey Chaucer

• c. Francis Bacon

• d. William Caxton

Francis Bacon was a prominent figure during the Elizabethan period and is best known for his essays such as “Of Studies”, “Of Truth”, “Of Death” etc.

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16. This period traditionally applies to works written after the start of World War I. Common features include bold experimentation with subject matter, style, and form, encompassing narrative, verse, and drama.

• a. Romantic Period

• b. Classicism

• c. Anglo-Saxon Period

• d. Modern Period

The modern period traditionally applies to works written after the start of World War I. Common features include bold experimentation with subject matter, style, and form, encompassing narrative, verse, and drama.

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17. He is an American short-story writer, poet, critic, and editor who is famous for his cultivation of mystery and the macabre, also regarded too as an unreliable narrator.

• a. William Faulkner

• b. Nicholas Sparks

• c. Jose Garcia Villa

• d. Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe’s stature as a major figure in world literature is primarily based on his ingenious and profound short stories, poems, and critical theories, which established a highly influential rationale for the short form in both poetry and fiction.

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18. He is the author of A Rose For Emily

• a. William Faulkner

• b. Nicholas Sparks

• c. Jose Garcia Villa

• d. Edgar Allan Poe

William Faulkner generally is regarded as one of the most significant American writers of all time. He wrote thirteen novels but started as a poet.

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19. He is Miss Emily Grierson's lover in the short story A Rose for Emily.

• a. Pluto

• b. Tobe

• c. Homer Barron

• d. Luchresi

Homer Barron is Miss Emily Grierson's lover in the short story A Rose for Emily.

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20. In the short story A Rose for Emily, what did the villagers figure out when they finally entered Miss Emily's house.

• a. Dead rats

• b. Luchresi's dead body

• c. Homer Barron's dead body

• d. Miss Emily Grierson having coffee

In the short story A Rose for Emily, the villagers found Homer Barron's dead body when they finally entered Miss Emily's house.

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21. He is the author of “The Black Cat”.

• a. William Faulkner

• b. John Green

• c. Edgar Allan Poe

• d. David Levithan

In the short story A Rose for Emily, the villagers found Homer Barron's dead body when they finally entered Miss Emily's house.

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22. In the short story "The Black Cat" this is the narrator's favorite pet, described as all black, large and fuzzy.

• a. Homer Barron

• b. Tobe

• c. Luchresi

• d. Pluto

The name of Pluto is very metaphorical and allegorical in Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Black Cat. First, Pluto is the name given in Roman Mythology to the god of the underworld, or netherworld. This is a place presumed to be dark, mysterious, enigmatic, faraway, doomed, and in the short story Pluto symbolizes evil.

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23. He is the wine expert and Fortunato’s rival in the short story “The Cask of Amontillado”

• a. Homer Barron

• b. Tobe

• c. Luchresi

• d. Pluto

Luchresi is the wine expert and Fortunato’s rival in the short story “The Cask of Amontillado”

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24. What is the motto of the Montresors in the short story “The Cask of Amontillado”?

• a. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

• b. I love you, 3000.

• c. An act of true love will thaw a frozen heart.

• d. “Nemo me impune lacessit”

In Poe's The Cask of Amontillado, "nemo me impune lacessit" is the motto of the Montresor family which means "No one (offends/attacks) me (unpunished/with impunity)".

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25. They are the main characters in Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask of Amontillado

• a. Pluto and Luchresi

• b. Montresor and Fortunato

• c. Portia and Mervin

• d. Hazel and Augustus

The main characters are Montresor and Fortunato. While Fortunato's name means "fortunate," Fortunado is anything but as he is lured into the catacombs and buried alive by Montresor.

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26. What is the major theme of The cask of Amontillado?

• a. Love

• b. Honesty

• c. Revenge

• d. Patience

The theme of revenge in “The Cask of Amontillado” is the driving force for the entire short story. The main character, Montresor, vows to take revenge against the other main character, Fortunato, because of an “insult” that Fortunato has apparently made against Montresor.

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The theme of revenge in “The Cask of Amontillado” is the driving force for the entire short story. The main character, Montresor, vows to take revenge against the other main character, Fortunato, because of an “insult” that Fortunato has apparently made against Montresor.

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27. A distinct quality of literature that elevates the spirit and the soul and this has the power to motivate and inspire, drawn from the suggested morals or lessons of the different literary genres.

• a. Style

• b. Intellectual value

• c. Spiritual Value

• d. Universality

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28. A literary standard that appeals to everyone, regardless of culture, race, gender, and time which are all considered significant.

• a. Style

• b. Intellectual value

• c. Spiritual Value

• d. Universality

Literature appeals to all people, regardless of culture, race, gender, and time which are all considered significant.

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29. A distinct quality of literature that endures across time and draws out the time factor: timeliness, occurring at a particular time, and timelessness, remaining invariable throughout time.

• a. Permanence

• b. Intellectual Value

• c. Suggestiveness

• d. Artistry

A distinct quality of literature that endures across time and draws out the time factor: timeliness, occurring at a particular time, and timelessness, remaining invariable throughout time.

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30. This type of literature based on the interplay of words and rhythm. It often employs rhyme and meter.

• a. Literature

• b. Prose

• c. Poetry

• d. Oral Literature

Poetry is a type of literature based on the interplay of words and rhythm. It often employs rhyme and meter.

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31. This refers to the standard forms (or genres) of literature found in societies without writing and transmitted by word of mouth or are confined in the so-called folk, that is, those who are ‘unlettered’ or do not used writing.

• a. Language

• b. Prose

• c. Poetry

• d. Oral Literature

This refers to the standard forms (or genres) of literature found in societies without writing and transmitted by word of mouth or are confined in the so-called folk, that is, those who are ‘unlettered’ or do not used writing.

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32. This is a form of literature that describes imaginary events and people.

• a. Fiction

• b. Biography

• c. Autobiography

• d. Memoirs

Fiction encompasses written works that are defined by narratives or stories that are created, invented, and made up by the writer.

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33. This is the portrayal of fictional or non-fictional events through the performance of written dialog (either prose or poetry) and can be performed on stage, film or radio.

• a. Biography

• b. Autobiography

• c. Memoirs

• d. Drama

Drama is the portrayal of fictional or non-fictional events through the performance of written dialog (either prose or poetry) and can be performed on stage, film or radio.

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34. A literary device that is evidently used in Ezra Pound's In a Station of the Metro.

• a. Repetition

• b. Irony

• c. Flashback

• d. Imagery

“In a Station of the Metro” is concerned above all with imagery: the speaker sees a bunch of people in a subway station and this prompts the speaker to envision petals on a tree branch.

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35. This period is also known as the John Milton’s Age.

• a. Puritan Period

• b. Classicism

• c. Romantic Period

• d. Victorian Period

The period between 1625 and 1675 is known as the "Puritan Age (or John Milton's Age)", because during the period, Puritan standards prevailed in England, and also because the greatest literary figure John Milton (1608-1674) was a Puritan. The Puritans struggled for righteousness and liberty.

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36. What is the theme of Francis Bacon's Of Studies?

• a. Education and Knowledge

• b. Honesty

• c. Revenge

• d. Justice

Francis Bacon’s “Of Studies” serves reading of books as a means in finding man’s purpose in life. It emphasizes the importance of knowledge, open-mindedness, and theory empowering skill.

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37. The four major themes of this literary period are emotion and imagination, nature, and social class.

• a. Romantic Period

• b. Puritan Period

• c. Modern Period

• d. Anglo Saxon Period

The four major themes of Romantic Period are emotion and imagination, nature, and social class.

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38. He was a writer of the Romantic Period and the author of the poem, the Sick Rose.

• a. Thomas Malory

• b. William Blake

• c. Christopher Marlowe

• d. William Shakespeare

William Blake was a writer of the Romantic Period and the author of the poem, the Sick Rose

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39. He was the writer of Le Morte d'Arthur

• a. Thomas Malory

• b. William Blake

• c. Christopher Marlowe

• d. William Shakespeare

The English author Sir Thomas Malory (active 15th century) wrote Le Morte Darthur, one of the most popular prose romances of the medieval period. The work was the first full-length book in English about the adventures of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

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40. He was an English poet, translator and playwright of the Elizabethan age, the prime Elizabethan tragedian of his era and he significantly exerts influence on William Shakespeare.

• a. Thomas Malory

• b. William Blake

• c. Christopher Marlowe

• d. William Shakespeare

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40. He was an English poet, translator and playwright of the Elizabethan age, the prime Elizabethan tragedian of his era and he significantly exerts influence on William Shakespeare.

• a. Thomas Malory

• b. William Blake

• c. Christopher Marlowe

• d. William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe an English poet, translator and playwright of the Elizabethan age, the prime Elizabethan tragedian of his era and he significantly exerts influence on William Shakespeare.

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