WorksheetsLiterary/rhetorical vocabulary week#1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Tone in literature
a)
A writers attitude about a subject/topic. It can be serious/comical;informal/formal;sarcastic.
b)
A writer's intuition about their writing.
c)
A short buzzing noise.
d)
A writer's feelings about the reader. It can be comical, sarcastic, ironic, formal, or informal.
2.
Chiasmus
a)
A literary or rhetorical phrase that is modified to create dramatic repitition.
b)
A literary or rhetorical figure in which words, grammatical constructions are repeated in reverse order.
c)
A literary or rhetorical figure that uses iambic pentameter and cacophonic phrasing.
d)
A literary or rhetorical figure that resembles a haiku.
3.
Parody
a)
A work that closely imitates the style of 18th century European literature.
b)
A work that closely imitates the style and content of dramtic irony.
c)
A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect or ridicule.
d)
A show on Netflix
4.
Meiosis
a)
A trope employing deliberate ironic effect for a sarcastic tone.
b)
A trope employing deliberate sarcasm for comic or ironic effect.
c)
cell division
d)
A trope employing deliberate understantement ususally for comic or ironic effect.
5.
Which one of these is NOT a pun
a)
I've been to the dentist many times, so I know the drill.
b)
A chicken farmer's favorite car is a coupe.
c)
She had a photographic memory but never developed it.
d)
It's raining cats and dogs.
6.
Euphony
a)
The occurance of metrical sounds
b)
The occurance of pleasant sounds
c)
The occurance of harsh sounds
d)
The occurance of popular sounds
7.
Give an example of alliteration
4 lines
8.
Give an example of a idiom
4 lines
9.
Dilemna
a)
A situation in which a character has to choose between two equally good or two equally bad things.
b)
A situation in which a character has to choose between love and loyalty.
c)
A situation in which a character has to choose between tow equally ironic situations.
d)
A piece of paper that you get when you graduate.
10.
Apostrophe
a)
A figure of speech in which a thing, place, idea, or absent/dead person is addressed as if in a Shakespearean sonnet
b)
A figure of speech in which a thing, place, idea, or absent/dead person is addressed as if present
c)
A figure of speech in which a thing, place, idea, or absent/dead person is addressed as if still dead
d)
A figure of speech in which a thing, place, idea, or absent/dead person is addressed as if they were the cause of dramatic irony
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