English IV Un 8 Practice Test
Mark Twain
"Extracts From Adam's Diary"
Four things that nearly everyone carries an ID a debit card a set of keys and a cellphone
( , ) after ID, debit card, and set of keys
Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's Travels
in the satire about Eve, the author has Eve rename the Garden of Eden to __________
Niagara Falls
Benjamin Franklin
Poor Richard's Almanac
Theodore Roosevelt
The Foolish Almanak
idiosyncrasy
a characteristic or quality that is peculiar or different
Mrs. Bancroft our music our music teacher gave a performance at the recital
a comma after Bancroft
Parody
a composition that imitates all or aspects of another artists work
hoax
a fabrication of a fictional event that is made to look like the truth
Aphorism
a memorable statement of a general truth similar to a proverb
i couldnt imagine being part of the club therefore i turned down the invitation to join
a semi colon after club & a comma after therefore
bio
a short biographical account of someone, often about the author of a book on the cover of a book
almanac
an informational book usually written annually about a particular subject
Plautus
ancient poetry satires of wordplays and fantastical settings
Satire is sometimes difficult to perceive when a person does not have background knowledge of the subject or the know the ___________
author
a novel written 1961 by Joseph Heller, exaggerates the problems of institutions in war and plitics
catch-22
when the time comes Donna wants to go to yale
comma after comes
Marian came through the library which was the shortest way into the den
comma after library
several people came late to the party but the hostess was not upset
comma after party
Gullivers Travels exposes ___________
foolishness in bureaucracy
Horation
has the purpose to entertain with light-hearted humor and comedy, not to critisize harshly
in the satires of the biblical story of Adam and Eve, the author adds__________
his current cultural and personal ideas
Menippean
is a discussion or narrative that has a purpose to judge morality or vices, usually not daring or hateful
Juvenalian
is usually pessimistic with the purpose to judge morality or vices, usually not daring or hateful
Horace uses allusions of well-known people to ____
make comparisons and expose hypocrisy in human nature
it is important not to use satire or _____ on internet forums because people may not understand it
sarcasm
the oldest example of ________ is the Epic of Gilgamesh, written around 2100 BC
satire
Horace
satire III
____ is a text written around 35 BC says a person in love will think their loved one is perfect
satire III
hypocrisy
the practice of claiming to be virtuous and right, acting the opposite
Satire
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices