1) This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A literary work in which the characters and events are used as symbols is known as
- A. characterization
- B. allegory
- C. metaphor
- D. paralellism
2) This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Characterization in a novel refers to the
- A. writer’s opinion of the characters
- B. way the characters are revealed to the reader
- C. characters and the way they behave
- D. reader’s opinion of the characters
3) This question is based on General Literary Principles.
In literary work, verbal irony refers to a
- A. device in which the speaker means the opposite of what he says
- B. situation in which a character speaks or acts against the trend of events
- C. difficult situation which defies a logical or rational resolution
- D. device in which the actor on stage means exactly what he says
4) This question is based on General Literary Principles.
In the theatre, words spoken by a character that are meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters on stage is called
- A. aside
- B. soliloquy
- C. accoustic
- D. tone
5) This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Drama is the representation of a complete series of actions by means of
- A. movement and gesture for the screen and audience
- B. speech, movement and gesture for the stage only
- C. speech, movement and gesture for the stage, screen and radio
- D. speech, gesture and movement for the screen and radio
6) This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A poet’s use of regular rhythm is known as
- A. allegory
- B. assonance
- C. metre
- D. onomatopoeia
7) This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A literary genre which directly imitates human action is
- A. drama
- B. comedy
- C. prose
- D. poetry
8) This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A fable is a story in which
- A. allegations are made about characters
- B. animals or things are used as characters
- C. there is an important setting
- D. the story is told in poetic form
9) This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The juxtaposition of two contrasting ideas in a line of poetry is
- A. euphemism
- B. synedoche
- C. catharsis
- D. oxymoron
10) This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The main aim of caricature is to
- A. describe
- B. expose
- C. emphasize
- D. ridicule
