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English Language: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - Literary Terms 2 (Questions)

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Prose is an example of a literary term. Here is a further opportunity to work on your understanding of literary terms. Practice using these words in your essay writing so that they begin to become second nature to you. Your teacher will be impressed by your ability to describe and analyze literature with precision - and so will the examiners!

Take this quiz to see how many of these terms you know.

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Written language which follows the ordinary rhythms of speech.

[ ]	Poetry
[ ]	Song
[ ]	Fiction
[ ]	Prose

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A true or imaginary account of events; a story.

[ ]	Fiction
[ ]	Prose
[ ]	Narrative
[ ]	Novel

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Overstating or wildly exaggerating in order to make a point.

[ ]	Hyperbole
[ ]	Paradox
[ ]	Juxtaposition
[ ]	Irony

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Placing two things near one another, usually for contrast.

[ ]	Introduction
[ ]	Irony
[ ]	Paradox
[ ]	Juxtaposition

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An element, such as a symbol, word, action or object, which occurs repeatedly in a text.

[ ]	Mood
[ ]	Motif
[ ]	Symbol
[ ]	Tone

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Two seemingly contradictory ideas joined together while somehow both being true.

[ ]	Contradiction
[ ]	Paradox
[ ]	Contraries
[ ]	Obstacles

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A reference to something outside of the text, such as a historical event, story, idea, or person. Usually left to the reader to understand.

[ ]	Invention
[ ]	Illusion
[ ]	Clue
[ ]	Allusion

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The subgroups into which works of literature are categorized.

[ ]	Ranks
[ ]	Genre
[ ]	Selections
[ ]	Sets

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Emotional identification with a character.

[ ]	Empathy
[ ]	Pathos
[ ]	Sympathy
[ ]	Tragedy

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An idea or emotion associated with a word or phrase.

[ ]	Parody
[ ]	Explicit meaning
[ ]	Reference
[ ]	Connotation

English Language: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - Literary Terms 2 (Answers)

Match the definition to the correct term.
Written language which follows the ordinary rhythms of speech.

[ ]	Poetry
[ ]	Song
[ ]	Fiction
[x]	Prose

Prose is contrasted to verse, which uses patterns and rhythmic structure in its lines

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A true or imaginary account of events; a story.

[ ]	Fiction
[ ]	Prose
[x]	Narrative
[ ]	Novel

Fiction is always imagined. Narrative includes true stories, such as autobiography, biography and certain histories, amongst other forms

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Overstating or wildly exaggerating in order to make a point.

[x]	Hyperbole
[ ]	Paradox
[ ]	Juxtaposition
[ ]	Irony

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Placing two things near one another, usually for contrast.

[ ]	Introduction
[ ]	Irony
[ ]	Paradox
[x]	Juxtaposition

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An element, such as a symbol, word, action or object, which occurs repeatedly in a text.

[ ]	Mood
[x]	Motif
[ ]	Symbol
[ ]	Tone

Birds, for example, are a motif in Macbeth: they often appear and are commented upon by the characters

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Two seemingly contradictory ideas joined together while somehow both being true.

[ ]	Contradiction
[x]	Paradox
[ ]	Contraries
[ ]	Obstacles

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A reference to something outside of the text, such as a historical event, story, idea, or person. Usually left to the reader to understand.

[ ]	Invention
[ ]	Illusion
[ ]	Clue
[x]	Allusion

'Allusion' is the noun, while 'allude' is the verb: i.e. 'The phrase "a thousand ships" clearly alludes to Helen of Troy'

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The subgroups into which works of literature are categorized.

[ ]	Ranks
[x]	Genre
[ ]	Selections
[ ]	Sets

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Emotional identification with a character.

[x]	Empathy
[ ]	Pathos
[ ]	Sympathy
[ ]	Tragedy

Empathy and sympathy are similar. Empathy, however, involves feeling as if you actually were the other person, while sympathy means being able to imagine what it would be like to be the other person

10.

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An idea or emotion associated with a word or phrase.

[ ]	Parody
[ ]	Explicit meaning
[ ]	Reference
[x]	Connotation

'Confident' is a fairly neutral term. What are the connotations of two of its synonyms: 'fearless' and 'pushy'?