English Exam

Question 1

pathos

Answer 1

Emotional persuasive argument

Question 2

logos

Answer 2

Logical persuasive argument

Question 3

ethos

Answer 3

Credible persuasive argument

Question 4

Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer 4

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and activist was the most visible spokesperson in the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968

Question 5

Making sentences better

Answer 5

I got to get new headphones. → I need to purchase new headphones.

Question 6

Alliteration

Answer 6

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Carol caused chaos at the car wash.

Question 7

Cliche

Answer 7

a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.
When it rains, it pours.

Question 8

Colloquialism

Answer 8

a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation.
Canadians are too nice, eh?

Question 9

Emotive Language

Answer 9

Using words that evoke feelings in writing.

The little puppy looked up at me with big, beautiful, whimpering eyes.

Question 10

Foreshadowing

Answer 10

Hinting at something that will happen in the future.

A woman home alone near a bridge on 2nd is going to get murdered. - Sorry. Wrong Number (Lucille Fletcher)

Question 11

Hyperbole

Answer 11

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.

Question 12

Irony

Answer 12

the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite.
Phone out of service? Give us a call!

Question 13

Metaphor

Answer 13

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What you said just went over my head.

Question 14

Onomatopoeia

Answer 14

A word that sounds like the sound it makes. Kaboom, pow, slam, sniff.

Question 15

Oxymoron

Answer 15

contradictory words side by side; pretty ugly

Question 16

Pathetic Fallacy

Answer 16

Human qualities given to animals or nature

The trees were slouched in sorrow

Question 17

Personification

Answer 17

Human qualities given to things.

The desk controls my concentration.

Question 18

Repetition

Answer 18

repeating same words to cause effect

I know you can do it. I know you’re strong. I know you have the willpower.

Question 19

Rhetorical Question

Answer 19

Asking a question without expecting an answer, or with an obvious answer.
Does my face look like it cares?

Question 20

Rhyme

Answer 20

words that end with the same sound

I rhyme all the time

Question 21

Slang

Answer 21

Shortened language used for informal conversations

Gonna,

Question 22

Simile

Answer 22

use to describe something using like or as.

Question 23

Cliffhanger

Answer 23

Where the story leves you not knowing the outcome(the story leaves you at the climax)

Question 24

“Test” by Theodore L. Thomas

Answer 24

Robert Proctor is driving his mother. He attempts to overtake a truck and a car, and gets into an accident. It turns out the whole event was a hallucination that was part of his driver’s test. He is then offered paperwork to sign in order to get his license. He signs it, and is then taken away because they believe he is insane for wanting to get his license after that experience.

Question 25

“Examination Day” by Henry Slesar

Answer 25

This is where a gifted kid had to do a government test and if he passed it they would kill him. The boys parents are very worried he would pass and they try to do things that would make him not smart so he does not study for the test. In the end the boy passed and the government killed him as the government did not want really smart people in that society he was living in.

Question 26

“Popular Mechanics” by Raymond Carver

Answer 26

A couple who has broken up argue over who should take custody of their baby. They each struggle to take the baby from one another, and it is implied that the baby was accidentally killed in the struggle