Honors English 10B Exam Review

Question 1

Ominous

Answer 1

portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious

Question 2

Rampant

Answer 2

especially of something unwelcome or unpleasant) flourishing or spreading unchecked.

Question 3

Solace

Answer 3

comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.

Question 4

Supple

Answer 4

capable of being bent or folded without creases, cracks, or breaks

Question 5

Suppress

Answer 5

to put down by authority or force : subdue.

Question 6

Abhor

Answer 6

to hate

Question 7

Corrosive

Answer 7

tending to cause corrosion

Question 8

Reprehensible

Answer 8

worthy of or deserving blame or condemnation

Question 9

Turbulent

Answer 9

chaotic, disordered, characterized by conflict.

Question 10

Vociferous

Answer 10

crying out noisily; clamorous.

Question 11

Apathy

Answer 11

lack of feeling or emotion

Question 12

Deride

Answer 12

to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock

Question 13

Ingenuous

Answer 13

showing innocent or childlike simplicity and straightforwardness

Question 14

Quandary

Answer 14

a state of confusion or doubt

Question 15

Revel

Answer 15

to take great pleasure

Question 16

Allocate

Answer 16

distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose.

Question 17

Deviate

Answer 17

to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic.

Question 18

Exult

Answer 18

to express great pleasure or happiness, especially at someone else’s defeat or failure:

Question 19

Palatable

Answer 19

agreeable to the palate or taste

Question 20

Rancor

Answer 20

a feeling of hate and continuing anger about something in the past

Question 21

Cotentious

Answer 21

likely to cause disagreement or argument

Question 22

Crestfallen

Answer 22

disappointed and sad because of having failed unexpectedly

Question 23

Disheveled

Answer 23

in disarray; extremely disorderly

Question 24

Lamentable

Answer 24

that is to be regretted or lamented : deplorable. the lamentable consequences of the war. 2. : expressing grief : mournful

Question 25

Sonorous

Answer 25

loud, deep, or resonant, as a sound

Question 26

Dramatic Irony

Answer 26

a literary device by which the audience’s or reader’s understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters

Question 27

Verbal Irony

Answer 27

when you say something different than what you mean. This is done intentionally by the speaker, often with the hope that either the listener or the audience recognizes the presence of irony

Question 28

Situational Irony

Answer 28

when the outcome is the opposite or completely different from what was expected

Question 29

1st Person POV

Answer 29

the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view

Question 30

2nd Person POV

Answer 30

the reader is part of the story

Question 31

3rd Person Objective

Answer 31

The third person omniscient narrator can see everything

Question 32

3rd Person Omniscient

Answer 32

In the third-person objective point of view, the narrator remains entirely neutral and detached. Unlike other third-person viewpoints, this narrator neither delves into a character’s mind nor accesses their emotions and motivations

Question 33

3rd Person Limited

Answer 33

A third person limited narrator has access to the thoughts and emotions of just one character

Question 34

Conflict

Answer 34

a literary device that presents the struggle between two sides due to a disagreement in values, desires, motivations etc.

Question 35

Juxtaposition

Answer 35

the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

Question 36

Motivation

Answer 36

the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way

Question 37

Theme

Answer 37

the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person’s thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic

Question 38

Similie

Answer 38

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

Question 39

Symbolism

Answer 39

an artistic and poetic movement or style using symbolic images and indirect suggestion to express mystical ideas, emotions, and states of mind

Question 40

Metaphor

Answer 40

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

Question 41

Setting

Answer 41

the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place

Question 42

Personification

Answer 42

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

Question 43

Flashback

Answer 43

a part of a story or movie that describes or shows something that happened in the past

Question 44

Imagery

Answer 44

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work

Question 45

Characterization

Answer 45

the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character