Lit test 5

Question 1

a method of expression in which the intended meaning of the words used is the direct opposite of their usual sense

Answer 1

irony

Question 2

saying the opposite of what is meant

Answer 2

verbal irony

Question 3

mocking form of irony that is spoken

Answer 3

sarcasm

Question 4

sustained verbal irony throughout a poem or work

Answer 4

structural irony

Question 5

contrasts what is reasonable
to expect and what actually happens

Answer 5

situational irony

Question 6

reader is aware of the plot development that the character is not aware of

Answer 6

dramatic irony

Question 7

extreme exaggeration

Answer 7

hyperbole

Question 8

lack of exaggeration

Answer 8

understatement (opposite of a hyperbole)

Question 9

exaggeration to mean the opposite effect

Answer 9

litotes

Question 10

wrote the Golf Links Lie So Near the Mill

Answer 10

Sarah N. Cleghorn

Question 11

poem that criticizes child labor

Answer 11

The Golf Links Lie So Near the Mill (children work and adults play golf)

Question 12

wrote the Jade Flower Palace

Answer 12

Tu Fu

Question 13

1. poem that contrasts how the palace was grand but had fallen into disrepair
2. theme

Answer 13

1. Jade Flower Palace
2. future is uncertain

Question 14

wrote The Grave Grass Quivers

Answer 14

MacKinlay Kantor

Question 15

story that takes place near Arbor Day

Answer 15

The Grave Grass Quivers

Question 16

in The Grave Grass Quivers:
1. the murderer
2. the main character
3. the murder weapon
4. reveals where the victims were buried
5. thing the murderer must do

Answer 16

1. Eli Goble
2. Doc Martindale
3. hatchet
4. flowers weren’t on the dirt
5. give one million dollars to the hospital

Question 17

poem that makes fun of people that gossip

Answer 17

Scylla Toothless (anonymous); her tongue is the reason she has no teeth

Question 18

wrote the Letter from a West Texas Constituent

Answer 18

J.B. Lee Jr.

Question 19

criticizes farm subsidy programs

Answer 19

Letter from a West Texas Constituent

Question 20

wrote A Considerable Speck

Answer 20

Robert Frost

Question 21

criticizes authors who write mindlessly

Answer 21

A Considerable Speck

Question 22

wrote The Day the Dam Broke

Answer 22

James Thurber

Question 23

describes the hoards of people like water

Answer 23

The Day the Dam Broke

Question 24

quote the people in The Day the Dam Broke were repeating

Answer 24

“Go East”

Question 25

wrote Earth

Answer 25

John Hall Wheelock

Question 26

poem a martian astronaut narrates that says intelligent beings destroyed the earth

Answer 26

Earth

Question 27

wrote At the Aquarium

Answer 27

Max Eastman

Question 28

1. compares fish and people
2. two comparisons

Answer 28

1. At the Aquarium
2. both wander and stare