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Literature Quiz 1 (2nd 9 Weeks)

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is, "the way in which an author portrays/writes a character within the story"?

a)

A line of five metrical feet.

b)

A variable literary genre.

c)

characterization

d)

irony

2.

What is, "the major or central idea of a work; the main point or idea that a writer asserts and illustrates"?

a)

pentameter

b)

theme

c)

rhyme

d)

irony

3.

What is, "language that states the opposite of what is intended; the condition of characters who do not know the nature, seriousness, and extent of their circumstances"?

a)

foot

b)

irony

c)

rhythm

d)

theme

4.

What is, "a pattern of rhyme, usually indicated by the assignment of a letter of the alphabet to each rhyming sound"?

a)

rhyme scheme

b)

rhyme

c)

pentameter

d)

rhythm

5.

What is, "the varying speed, intensity, elevation, pitch, loudness, and expressiveness of speech, especially poetry"?

a)

rhyme

b)

theme

c)

characterization

d)

rhythm

6.

What is, "a variable literary genre which is, foremost, characterized by the rhythmical qualities of language"?

a)

fiction

b)

pentameter

c)

poetry

d)

literary fiction

7.

What is, "a line of five metrical feet"?

a)

quadrameter

b)

decameter

c)

hexameter

d)

pentameter

8.

What is, "a poetic foot which consists of the measured combination of heavy and light stresses, such as the iamb, which contains a light stress followed by a heavy stress"?

a)

poetic arm

b)

foot

c)

iambic

d)

tetrameter

9.

What is, "a word or group of words that represent a sound that is written down"?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

comic book language

c)

verisimilitude

d)

avarice

10.

What is, "the general tone and atmosphere of a written work"?

a)

vibe

b)

setting

c)

background

d)

mood

11.

What is, "in a written work, this makes certain that ALL sentences agree with each other in tense, form, and narrative"?

a)

coherence

b)

cohesion

c)

cooperation

d)

coordination

12.

The grammar rule that states, "the subject must agree with in number and tense with the verb."

a)

parallelism

b)

prescriptivism

c)

agreement

d)

subject/verb agreement

13.

What is, "a word or phrase that contains extra and unnecessary information"?

a)

appositive phrase

b)

ambivalent phrase

c)

absolving phrase

d)

academic phrase