1) These question is based on General Literary Principles.
A device used by a writer to recall past event in a literary work is
- A. flashback
- B. foreshadowing
- C. interlude
- D. anti-climax
2) These question is based on General Literary Principles.
A paragraph in prose is equivalent to a
- A. stanza in poetry
- B. meter in poetry
- C. trope in poetry
- D. verse in poetry
3) These question is based on General Literary Principles.
A fable is a brief narrative illustrating wisdom and
- A. custom
- B. truth
- C. urgency
- D. origin
4) These question is based on General Literary Principles.
A device used in poetry to achieve emphasis or stress a point is known as
- A. assonance
- B. repetition
- C. alliteration
- D. rhyme
5) These question is based on General Literary Principles.
A literary work that ridicules the shortcomings of people or ideas is
- A. an irony
- B. a fable
- C. a masque
- D. a satire
6) These question is based on General Literary Principles.
The figure of speech in which the writer means the exact opposite of what he intends to say is
- A. paradox
- B. metaphor
- C. satire
- D. irony
7) These question is based on General Literary Principles.
Action without speech in a play is
- A. epilogue
- B. mime
- C. soliloquy
- D. aside
8) These question is based on General Literary Principles.
A literary work that teaches moral is said to be
- A. instructive
- B. corrective
- C. impressive
- D. didactic
9) These question is based on General Literary Principles.
A mistake committed by the hero which leads to his downfall is known as
- A. climax
- B. tragic flaw
- C. comic relief
- D. terse
10) These question is based on General Literary Principles.
The speech made by a character to himself on stage is
- A. aside
- B. soliloquy
- C. monologue
- D. epilogue
