In drama, comic reliefs often occur in_______
- A. comedies
- B. tragedies
- C. historical plays
- D. romantic plays
What basically distinguishes literature from other disciplines is its________
- A. use of creative imagination
- B. exposition of human experiences
- C. communication of ideas
- D. portrayal of places
An overused expression is a/an _________
- A. Cliche
- B. Cacophony
- C. Epigram
- D. Archetype
The atmosphere of a poem has to do with_________
- A. Time and Place
- B. Rhythm and Rhyme
- C. Tone and Mood
- D. Versification and Lineation
Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.
The literary device used in line 6 is an example of______
- A. Synecdoche
- B. Irony
- C. Paradox
- D. Hyperbole
Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.
The literary device used in line 1 is ________
- A. Simile
- B. Alliteration
- C. Litotes
- D. Personification
Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.
The object of the extract is____?
- A. childishness
- B. the unchanging cycle of nature
- C. the adverse effect of old age
- D. human being
Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.
The rhyme scheme of the poem is_________
- A. acbcca
- B. abccdc
- C. abcdcc
- D. abacbc
Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.
The mood of the writer is that of _____?
- A. Elation
- B. Sarcasm
- C. Sorrow
- D. Anxiety
Which one of the following does not relate to the tone in Diop’s Vanity?
- A. Sarcasm
- B. Condemnation
- C. Rejuvenation
- D. Concern
The theme that runs through Hallowell’s Dining Table is that of________
- A. Conflict
- B. Brutality
- C. Poverty
- D. Loneliness
_____ is used to describe the predetermination of a future event in a literary piece
- A. Analepsis
- B. Prolepsis
- C. Interlude
- D. Fatalism
________is used to describe the ‘god of inspiration’ in literature
- A. Muse
- B. Premiere
- C. Mood
- D. Deux Ex Machina
“Nightfall! Nightfall!! You are my mortal enemy”. The dominant figure of speech above is a/an________
- A. Ode
- B. Apostrophe
- C. Allusion
- D. Metaphor
_______ is used to describe the situation where a character recognize his mistake
- A. Tragic flaw
- B. Hubris
- C. Denouement
- D. Anagnorisis
The literary term for conflict in literature is_________
- A. Agon
- B. Hubris
- C. Hamartia
- D. Anaphora
When a writer deviates from the chronological arrangement of events in a literary piece, he uses …
- A. Anadiplosis
- B. Anachrony
- C. Chrestomathy
- D. Anagnorisis