Review of Fiction

Multiple Choice

Which option is NOT true about the theme of a work of literature?

• It is the central idea or main point

• It is a simple moral, and summed up in one word

• It can be analyzed using other literary elements

• There can be multiple themes in a text

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The author's attitude toward the subject

• diction

• tone

• denotation

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A type of literature that is similar in style, structure, and subject matter.

• classification

• group

• genre

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The voice or persona of the poem

• poet

• speaker

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A statement that goes beyond the literal meaning,

• ambiguity

• archetype

• monologue

• figurative language

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A comparison between two unlike things.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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A character who contrasts with the protagonist; the purpose is to highlight the qualities of the protagonist.

• dynamic

• static

• foil

• round

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Giving human qualities to something that is not human

• symbolism

• personification

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An exaggerated statement

• hyperbole

• metonymy

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The comparison of two unlike things using like, than, or as.

• personification

• simile

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Language that evokes one or more of the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching.

• assonance

• imagery

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds anywhere in the words

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

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The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere other than the beginning of words

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

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Words that mimic the sound associated with it.

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

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Rhyme at the end of lines

• internal rhyme

• end rhyme

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A pair of rhyming lines.

• quatrain

• couplet

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Poetic structure that does NOT have an established rhythmic pattern or rhyme scheme.

• free verse

• blank verse

• sonnet

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A pair of two rhyming lines

• rhyming tercet

• rhyming couplet

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A poem with 14 lines, a set rhyme scheme, and a set meter

• free verse

• sonnet

• blank verse

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The moment when the conflict reaches the greatest point of tension

• exposition

• climax

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Takes the story back into the past while still in the present.

• flashback

• foreshadow

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A hint or clue about what might happen later in the plot of a story.

• foreshadowing

• flashback

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A stanza of four lines

• couplet

• quatrain

Multiple Choice

Which literary device is used in the passage below?

“His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.”

• paradox

• simile

• caesura

Multiple Choice

Which literary device is used in the passage below?

From “The world is too much with us”

The world is too much with us late and soon

Getting and spending we lay waste our powers

Little we see in nature that is ours

• allusion

• alliteration

• free verse

Multiple Choice

Which literary device is used in the passage below?

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly.”

• simile

• foil

• end rhyme

Multiple Choice

Which literary device is used in the passage below?

This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;

The winds that will be howling at all hours,

• personification

• allusion

• apostrophe

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Which literary device is used in the passage below?

“I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you

Till China and Africa meet,

And the river jumps over the mountain

And the salmon sing in the street,

• simile

• hyperbole

• pastiche

Multiple Choice

Which option is the correct for the FIRST poetry citation?

• The speaker states, "Nature's first green is gold / her hardest hue to hold" (Robert Frost 222).

• The speaker states, "Nature's first green is gold / her hardest hue to hold" (Frost lines 1-2).

• The speaker states, "Nature's first green is gold / her hardest hue to hold" (Frost 1, 2).

Multiple Choice

Which option is the correct MLA in-text citation for a short story?

• The narrator said Sammy "knew how hard the world would be for him" (Updike 13).

• The narrator said Sammy "knew how hard the world would be for him" (John Updike, "A&P," page 13).

Multiple Choice

Which option is the correct format for a Works Cited Page?

• Works Cited (as the title)

  Work Cited entries in alphabetical order

  Double-space the entire page

• Works Cited (as the title)

  Work Cited entries in alphabetical order

  Single-space the entire page

Multiple Choice

Which option is the correct MLA works cited entry?

• Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Jazz Age Press, 1920.

• Scott Fitzgerald. New York / Jazz Age Press, 1920. The Great Gatsby.

• The Great Gatsby. 1920. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Jazz Age Press.

Multiple Choice

Which option is the correct format for an MLA in-text citation?

• Dr. Faith LaGay thinks Alymer's pride in "The birthmark" by Hawthorne "does hold [a] lesson for contemporary readers or physicians—other than don’t treat family members " (2).

• Dr. Faith LaGay thinks Alymer's pride in "The birthmark" by Hawthorne "does hold [a] lesson for contemporary readers or physicians—other than don’t treat family members " (2)."

Multiple Choice

Select the source that is credible and can be cited in a literary analysis essay on Fahrenheit 451?

• Source: Blog (Student's Essay)

  "A Reflection on Fahrenheit 451." (Wordpress.com)

• Source: Online Study Guide

  "An Introduction to Fahrenheit 451." (Shmoop).

• Source: Online Encyclopedia

  "About the novel Fahrenheit 451." (Wikipedia).

• Source: Academic Journal

  "Nature in Fahrenheit 451." (Eco-Lit. Criticism)

Multiple Choice

Certain factors can help establish a source's credibility. Which option does NOT establish a source's credibility?

• Source is published in a peer reviewed journal and written by an expert in the field

• Source has relevant citations and references

• Source is published in an academic journal

• Source is written by a highly biased, non-reputable author

• Source is current, published in 2005

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Which option is NOT the correct format for the title of a novel?

• Great Gatsby (a novel)

• Great Gatsby (a novel)

• "Great Gatsby" (a novel)

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Which option is the correct format for the title of a short story?

• "Amaryllis" (a short story)

• "Amaryllis" (a short story)

Multiple Choice

Which option is the correct format for the title of a film?

• "Citizen Kane"

• "Citizen Kane"

• Citizen Kane

Multiple Choice

What option is not the correct format for block quotations?

• Signal phrase with a colon at the end

• Indent the quotation 1/2 inch

• Single-space the entire quote

• Add the parenthetical phrase at the end (information in parenthesis)