Worksheets2026 literary rheotirical vocab. quiz #14
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
complex sentence
a)
a sentence with a dependent clause, and at least two dependent clauses
b)
a sentence with a dependent clause, and at least one dependent clause
c)
a sentence with an independent clause, and at least one dependent clause
d)
a really hard sentence
2.
allegory
a)
an abstract idea with two levels of meaning: the story, and the moral/lesson of the story
b)
an concrete idea with two levels of meaning: the story, and the moral/lesson of the story
c)
a plagiarized idea with two levels of meaning: the story, and the moral/lesson of the story
d)
an idea with five levels of meaning: the story, and the moral/lesson of the story
e)
3.
dissonance
a)
sweet, pleasing sounds
b)
harsh, discordant sounds
c)
rash, discarded sounds
d)
the repetition of vowel sounds
4.
flat character
a)
a caricature, or a character that has much depth and complexity
b)
a caricature, or a character that lacks morals and ethics
c)
a charcuterie, or a character that lacks depth and complexity
d)
a caricature, or a character that lacks depth and complexity
5.
jargon
a)
non-specific words or phrases used by a specific group of people
b)
specific words or phrases used by a specific group of people
c)
non-specific words or phrases used by a non-specific group of people
d)
a Japanose dragon
6.
narrative
a)
a story, or a telling of a story
b)
a poem, the telling of a poem
c)
a large automobile
d)
a long form debate
e)
7.
quatrain
a)
a paragraph with four lines
b)
a stanza with five lines
c)
a stanza with four lines
d)
a paragraph with fifteen lines
8.
scansion
a)
the analysis of meter using audio symbols
b)
the analysis of prose using visual symbols
c)
the analysis of poetic meter using visual symbols
d)
the analysis of poetic rhyme using visual symbols
9.
spondee
a)
a metrical foot in poetry conisting of two stressed syllables
b)
a metrical foot in poetry conisting of three stressed syllables
c)
a metrical flat in poetry conisting of two stressed syllables
d)
a metrical foot in poetry conisting of four stressed syllables
10.
topic
a)
a mall store popular in the 1990s
b)
the film that a work of literature deals with
c)
the subject that a work of meritocracy deals with
d)
the subject that a work of literature deals with
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