ABCTE ELA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

ABCTE: ELA EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS

3 types of popular plays in Middle Ages - Correct Answers -1. miracle play
2. passion play
3. morality play

2 types of popular plays in 17th & 18th century/Restoration - Correct Answers -1.
comedy of manners
2. sentimental comedy

popular play in 19th & 20th century - Correct Answers -problem play

"epic" comes from Greek "epos" meaning _____ - Correct Answers -song/speech

6 types of regular feet - Correct Answers -1. iamb
2. trochee
3. dactyl
4. anapest
5. spondee
6. pyrrhic

iamb - Correct Answers -unstress + stress

trochee - Correct Answers -stress + unstress

dactyle - Correct Answers -stress + unstress + unstress

anapest - Correct Answers -unstress + unstress + stress

spondee - Correct Answers -stress + stress

pyrrhic - Correct Answers -unstress + unstress

synecdoche - Correct Answers -part of thing replaces whole concept (e.g. Crown = king)

metonym - Correct Answers -attribute of thing is used to refer to thing (e.g. Blue Jays =
Marshfield Schools)

event & year marking transition from Anglo-Saxon --> Middle English - Correct Answers
-Invasion of England in 1066