Heroes
directly state
What does it mean to be explicit?
to censure or criticize severely; rebuke or punish
What is the definition of chastise?
kind or lenient treatment
What is the definition of clemency?
experiencing a feeling of whirling about; dizzy
What does it mean to be giddy?
tending to calm or tranquilize
What is the definition of sedative?
the use of words whose sounds repeat what the word represents.
What is Onomatopoeia
language that uses unconventional construction or differs from literal meaning to create a more powerful effect
Which option most accurately defines figurative language?
character
Which element of a narrative text is directly involved in the conflict of a story and moves the story along through actions, motivations, and interactions?
a condition of being unclear or lacking one specific meaning
Which is the most accurate definition of ambiguity?
Flashback concerns information from previous events, whereas framing concerns the order of how the story is related.
What option correctly distinguishes between flashback and framing in a narrative?
criticism
Although Megan had not dusted the house in weeks, she felt hurt by her mother’s sharp reproof regarding her house-cleaning skills.
Which synonym most accurately conveys the meaning of reproof?
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
What are the elements of a plot?
Flashback, pacing, scene, dialogue
What are some narratives techniques?
The author creates a wry, satirical tone by showing that Algernon is so judgmental and hypocritical that he is laughable.
Which response most effectively explains how the author uses character development through dialogue to create a specific tone?
These are the names of the castes of the social hierarchy, whose members all wear the same color.
Which response most clearly explains the significance of the terms Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon in the society portrayed in Brave New World?
The “General Prologue” functions as a frame narrative for the pilgrims’ tales
What explains how the “General Prologue” of The Canterbury Tales sets up the rest of the narrative?
thou liest
PROSPERO
Thou liest, malignant thing. Hast thou forgot
The foul witch Sycorax, who with age and envy
Was grown into a hoop? Hast thou forgot her?
Which words most effectively help determine the meaning of malignant as it is used in the excerpt?
The forces of time and nature deal equally with everyone.
Which options most accurately identify a theme of Percy Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias”?
two characters, Algernon and Jack, use different identities when they are in the different settings of the city and the country, which creates the plot’s conflict.
Which response most clearly explains the impact of the narrative element of setting on the plot of the play The Importance of Being Earnest?
to introduce the conflict
What correctly explain the function of exposition?
She’d journeyed to Jerusalem three times;
Strange rivers she had crossed in foreign climes;
She’d been to Rome and also to Boulogne,
To Galicia for Saint James and to Cologne,
And she knew much of wandering by the way.
Which lines from the “General Prologue” of The Canterbury Tales most effectively outline the Wife of Bath’s character traits that become most relevant to her story?
And, as thou bad’st me,
In troops I have dispersed them ’bout the isle.
The King’s son have I landed by himself,
Whom I left cooling of the air with sighs
In an odd angle of the isle, and sitting,
His arms in this sad knot.
Which lines from the play effectively reveal how Prospero is using the island itself as part of his plan?
An artist sculpted a likeness of the king, and because of that, something still remains of the ruler.
Which option most effectively describes the interaction between two central ideas in Percy Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias”?
Everyone seemed satisfied with this, though Alice felt a little nervous at the idea of trains jumping at all.
Which passage from Through the Looking Glass most accurately depicts the use of understatement?
to provide support for the main plot
Which option most clearly reflects the purpose of a subplot?