Definitions NO

Question 1

“A speech in which a speaker reveals his or her thoughts to the audience of another character.” This is the definition of what?

a. Drama
b. Monologue
c. Soliloquy
d. Satire

Answer 1

b. Monologue

Question 2

“A speech in which a speaker expresses his thoughts to himself/herself, and it does not involve other characters.” This is the definition of what?

a. Satire
b. Drama
c. Soliloquy
d. Monologue

Answer 2

c. Soliloquy

Question 3

“Genre of comedy ridiculing human faults as vanity, hypocrisy, stupidity, and greed. The aim is to evoke laughter, to expose and criticize, and to poke fun of stereotypes, works of literature and mythology, political figures, current events, etc.” This is the definition of what?

a. Monologue
b. Proverbs
c. Epigram
d. Satire

Answer 3

d. Satire

Question 4

“A clever saying in either verse or prose.” This is the definition of what?

a. Epigram
b. Aphorism
c. Satire
d. Proverbs

Answer 4

a. Epigram

Question 5

“A terse saying on a serious subject.” This is the definition of what?

a. Satire
b. Monologue
c. Aphorism
d. Proverbs

Answer 5

c. Aphorism

Question 6

“The end.” This is the definition of what?

a. Climax
b. Denouement
c. Exposition
d. Falling action

Answer 6

b. Denouement

Question 7

“Interrupts the chronological order of the storyline by moving into the past and in order to tell of the past.” This is the definition of what?

a. Subplot
b. Foreshadowing
c. In media res
d. Flashback

Answer 7

d. Flashback

Question 8

“Beginning a narration not in chronological order, with the first event in the plot at some later point.” This is the definition of what?

a. In media res
b. Flashback
c. Foreshadowing
d. Subplot

Answer 8

a. In media res

Question 9

“Coming of age.” This is the definition of what?

a. Flashback
b. Epiphany
c. Bildungsroman
d. Denouement

Answer 9

c. Bildungsroman

Question 10

“Something that incites action or greater effort.” This is the definition of what?

a. Exposition
b. Denouement
c. Climax
d. Incentive moment

Answer 10

d. Incentive moment

Question 11

“Gives human qualities to an animal, thing, or concept.” This is the definition of what?

a. Synecdoche
b. Personification
c. Metonymy
d. Pathetic fallacy

Answer 11

b. Personification

Question 12

“Fallacy that ‘nature can sympathize with or feel pathos for human moods and concerns.’” This is the definition of what?

a. Pathetic fallacy
b. Personification
c. Synecdoche
d. Metonymy

Answer 12

a. Pathetic fallacy

Question 13

“Using a part to imply a whole.” This is the definition of what?

a. Metaphor
b. Pathetic fallacy
c. Synecdoche
d. Metonymy

Answer 13

c. Synecdoche

Question 14

“A renaming by using a closely-related term.” This is the definition of what.

a. Pathetic fallacy
b. Allegory
c. Metonymy
d. Irony

Answer 14

c. Metonymy

Question 15

“A form of understatements where a point is affirmed by negating its opposite.” This is the definition of what?

a. Hyperbole
b. Oxymoron
c. Paradox
d. Litote

Answer 15

d. Litote

Question 16

“A point is stated by deliberate circumlocution, rather than directly to cushion embarrassing/shameful effect.” This is the definition of what?

a. Periphrasis
b. Idiom
c. Slang
d. Understatement

Answer 16

a. Periphrasis

Question 17

“The substitution of an inoffensive term for an openly offensive one.” This is the definition of what?

a. Understatement
b. Litote
c. Periphrasis
d. Euphemism

Answer 17

d. Euphemism

Question 18

“Addressing some absent person or thing or directly addressing an inanimate object.” This is the definition of what?

a. Idiom
b. Apostrophe
c. Periphrasis
d. Euphemism

Answer 18

b. Apostrophe