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Week # 11B literary/rhetrorical vocabulary quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A foot (or feet) in poetry is
a)
a unit of rhythm
b)
a unit of punctuation
c)
a unit of algorhythms
d)
a unit of verbs
2.
Shakespeare wrote mainly in what type of meter and feet
a)
Trochaic trimeter
b)
Dactylic pentameter
c)
Iambic pentameter
d)
Anapestic tetrameter
3.

Absolute (stylistic device)

a)

a ballad or an elegiac style of poetry.

b)

a word free from limitations or qualifications (all, none, etc).

c)

a word with strict grammatical limitations.

d)

a word with multiple uses similar to a paradox.

4.

Ballad (poetic form)

a)

A popular narrative song passed down orally following a form of rhymed quatrains(abab).

b)

A popular ode passed down glorifying a deceased person or persons.

c)

a rhythmic dance performed during occult rituals.

d)

a long narrative form of poetry using free verse.

5.

expletive

a)

A cause and effect equation used in literary circles.

b)

A dystopian novel

c)

Figure of speech in which harsh cacaphonous words are used in multiple paragraphs.

d)

Figure of emphasis in which a single word or short phrase, interupts normal writing, to lend emphasis to the words on either side.

6.

implication

a)

A suggestion an author makes to connote a negative reaction.

b)

A suggestion an author makes without stating it.

c)

A suggestion an author makes by directly stating it.

d)

Tiny eleves doing multiplication

7.

Phillipic

a)

A written decree.

b)

A bitter attack or denounciation, especial verbal.

c)

The era in British history ruled by King Phillip.

d)

An astounding plethora of compliments and niceties.

8.

Romantic (literary genre)

a)

A literary movememnt from 1750-1870 that praised logic and reasoning.

b)

A Hallmark movie.

c)

A literary movememnt from 1750-1870 that praised imagination over reason.

d)

A literary movememnt from 1750-1870 that praised individuality and soicialism.

9.

Situational irony

a)

A situation in which actions have a catastrophic effect, and the outcome is as expected.

b)

A place of global irony.

c)

A situation in which actions have an exact effect than what is intended, so that the outcome is exactly what is expected.

d)

A situation in which actions have an opposite effect than what is intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.

10.

Syllogism

a)

A three part deductive argument in which a conclusion is drawn (whether valid or not).

b)

The act of being silly.

c)

A two part deductive argument in which a conclusion is drawn (whether valid or not).

d)

A three part deductive drama in which a conclusion is drawn (whether valid or not).