ACTUAL EXAM 2025/2026 60 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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Allegory - A type of narrative that uses a story to symbolize another meaning
(Biblical stories)
Alliteration - A device that "repeats" stressed sounds in a sequence of words
closely connected to one another. *Luscious lemons. It is based on the sounds of
letters, rather than the spelling of words.
Allusion - A reference to an event literary work or person. *I can not do that
because I'm not superman.
Foreshadowing - Uses hints in a narrative to let the audience anticipate future
events in the plot.
Hyperbole - An exaggeration/a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration
for dramatic effect. *I have done this a thousand times. *Love story, comic
stories.
Metaphor - Compares two things by stating one is the other.*The eyes are the
windows of the soul.
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,Onomotopeia - Words that imitate the sound they describe. *Plunk, Whiz, Pop
Oxymoron - A two word paradox. *Never miss, seriously funny.
Personification - Another figure of speech which attributes "Human Qualities" to
an inanimate object or abstract entity. *The run down house appeared
depressed.
Simile - Compares one object to another. *He smokes like a chimney. *Pretty as
a picture. *Light as a feather.
Tone - Refers to the "Attitude" expressed about the subject through the author.
Figurative languange - A form of language use in which the writers and speakers
mean something other than the literal meaning of their words. (Two figures of
speech that are particularly important for poetry are simile and metaphor)
Imagery - Is the concrete representation of a sense impression, feeling or idea
that triggers our imaginative ere-enactment of sensory experience. *Images
may be visual (something seen) Aural (something heard), tactile (felt), olfactory
(smell), or gustatory (something tasted.) * Language that appeals to the senses.
Rhyme - The repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different
words, most often at the ends of lines.
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,Stanza - grouping of lines, set off by a space, which usually has a set pattern of
meter and rhyme.
Rhythm - Is the repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different
words, most often at the ends of lines. Rhyme is predominately a function of
sound rather than spelling; thus words that end with they same vowel sound.
*day, prey, bouquet, weigh. (Poets rely heavily on rhythm to express meaning
and convey feeling.)
Cliches - Saying or dialogue much overworked in common language. They are
used in developing characters and sometimes in comical and farcical ways.
Anaphora - refers to a figure of speech in which a word or words are repeated at
the beginning of successive lines of verse in rhetoric.
Climax - Occurs when a state of tension in a literary work reaches its peak,
usually with a resolution of some kind. (increasing level of tension, usually
between the protagonist and antagonist.)
Dialect geography - the study of speech differences from one geographical area
to another.
Dialect mixture - the presence in one form of speech with elements from
different neighboring dialects.
Dictation - the choice of language in a literary work. May be formal, colloquial,
and slang. Used to set a tone for the work meant to induce a mood in the
audience.
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, Discourse - any coherent succession of sentences, spoken or written. Thus a
novel, short story, essay, speech or interview.
Style - a particular manner of using language to narrate a story, develop a
dramatic mood, or evoke a mood. Can also refer to a period of literary history or
to an individual writer.
Email/Electronic communication - Very common among people and business for
communication. Electronic documents will continue to grow.
Effective way of writing an email. - 1. The subject should be meaningful and
concise. Clear to the reader.
2. Most important part of the message should appear on the first screen.
3. Summarize long messages in the fist paragraph.
4. Write concisely in short, relevant paragraphs.
5. Use a mixture of capital and lower case letter for ease of reading.
6. Include the text of the attachment in the body of the E-mail if possible.
7. Proofread after using spell check and grammar check.
Plot - the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and
presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
Elements of Literature - 1. Exposition
2. Foreshadowing
3. Inciting Force/triggers
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