Literature in English 2

The device that is used to bring past events to the present in a literary work is known as

• A. Flash across

• B. Flashback

• C. Foreshadowing

• D. Interlude

Pick out an odd item

• A. Act

• B. Interlude

• C. Scene

• D. Verse

“I made the news an open secret” exemplifies the use of

• A. Euphemism

• B. Irony

• C. Metaphor

• D. Oxymoron

The point at which conflict is resolved is called

• A. Anti-climax

• B. Catharsis

• C. Climax

• D. Denoument

Stanza is to poetry while ------ is to prose.

• A. Chapter

• B. Lines

• C. Paragraph

• D. Scene

“in the blast, lives were lost, houses destroyed and cars damaged” is a example of

• A. Anti-climax

• B. Antithesis

• C. Climax

• D. Paradox

A lullaby is sung to

• A. Celebrate baby’s birth

• B. Celebrate heroes

• C. Mourn the dead

• D. Soothe a baby to sleep

Select the odd item from the following

• A. Alliteration

• B. Hyperbole

• C. Irony

• D. Metaphor

“I feel a million times better than I felt yesterday” is

• A. An apostrophe

• B. A euphemism

• C. An irony

• D. A hyperbole

Characterization in a literary work means the

• A. Introductory remarks on the characters

• B. List of characters

• C. Peculiar characteristics of a narrator

• D. Ways characters are presented in a text.