WorksheetsWeek #15 literary/rhetorical vocabulary quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
anapest
a)
The sister city of Budepest, Hungary.
b)
A metrical foot in poetry that consists of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.
c)
A metrical foot in poetry that consists of three stressed syllables followed by three stressed syllables.
d)
A metrical foot in poetry that consists of one stressed syllable followed by two stressed syllables.
2.
Legend
a)
A story about a hero having a journey.
b)
A story, often exaggerated, handed down about an antihero or a place, often based on fiction.
c)
A story, often exaggerated, handed down about a hero or a place, often based on fact.
d)
1990s sci-fi movie
3.
non-sequitur
a)
A conclusion or statement that does not follow logically from the previous argument or statement.
b)
A conclusion or statement that follows logically from the previous argument or statement.
c)
Imaginary rings next to the equator.
d)
A conclusion or statement that follows from the original argument or statement.
4.
refrain
a)
A phrase or line that recurs throughout a poem or a song.
b)
A phrase or line that ends with an exclamatory statement.
c)
A train that carries only referees.
d)
A phrase or line that occurs throughout a novel or a movie.
5.
scapegoat
a)
In literature, a character made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.
b)
In literature, a character made to create the blame for others or to stand in their place.
c)
A goat wearing a cape trying to flee.
d)
In literature, a character who blames others and then suffers in their place.
6.
Stanza
a)
A group of lines in a poem.
b)
A group of lines in a novel.
c)
A group of lines in a screenplay.
d)
A group of lines standing on their own.
7.
Trochee
a)
A rare breed of turkeys found only in April on the Himalayan Mountains.
b)
A metrical foot of poetry that consists of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable.
c)
A metrical line of poetry that consists of two stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllable.
d)
A metrical stanza of poetry that consists of three stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable.
8.
compound sentence
a)
A sentence containing two independent clauses joined by a comma, a conjunction, or a semicolon.
b)
A sentence containing one indepndent clause joined by an anapest.
c)
A sentence containing two dependent clauses joined by a comma, a conjunction, or a semicolon.
d)
A sentence with a really bad headache.
9.
dramatic irony
a)
A situation where the reader or audience is unaware of something the character(s) are aware of too.
b)
Reciting shakespeare while ironing.
c)
A situation where the reader or audience is oblivious of something the character(s) are also unaware of.
d)
A situation where the reader or audience is aware of something the character(s) are not.
10.
foot
a)
In poetry a rhythmic unit containing only stressed syllables.
b)
In poetry a rhythmic unit containing two or more syllables.
c)
That thing at the end of your leg.
d)
In poetry a rhythmic unit containing only unstressed syllables.
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