Praxis 5047: Reading-Literature Exam Questions and Answers
F. Scott Fitzgerald In The Great Gatsby: lavish weekly parties = reckless excesses of Jazz
Age; Meyer Wolfsheim = growth of bootlegging and organized crime. Geographical divisions,
etc. Symbols that developed the corruption of the American Dream.
Ernest Hemingway In The Old Man and the Sea: man vs. nature = Santiago's struggle to
capture giant marlin; but more properly = man's role as part of nature. Kill or be killed.
Alliteration Several words in sequence with the same initial sound
Hyperbole Extreme exaggeration for emphasis or effect
T.S. Eliot The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Verbal irony Uses words opposite to the meaning; Sarcasm
Situational irony What happens contrasts with what was expected
Dramatic irony Narrative informs audiences of more than its characters know
Oxymoron Juxtaposes apparently contradictory words
F. Scott Fitzgerald In The Great Gatsby: lavish weekly parties = reckless excesses of Jazz
Age; Meyer Wolfsheim = growth of bootlegging and organized crime. Geographical divisions,
etc. Symbols that developed the corruption of the American Dream.
Ernest Hemingway In The Old Man and the Sea: man vs. nature = Santiago's struggle to
capture giant marlin; but more properly = man's role as part of nature. Kill or be killed.
Alliteration Several words in sequence with the same initial sound
Hyperbole Extreme exaggeration for emphasis or effect
T.S. Eliot The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Verbal irony Uses words opposite to the meaning; Sarcasm
Situational irony What happens contrasts with what was expected
Dramatic irony Narrative informs audiences of more than its characters know
Oxymoron Juxtaposes apparently contradictory words
