Literature test 4
situational irony
At the Aquarium forms an example of
foreshadowing
Doc Martindale's initial comments about Eli Goble's tracking knowledge form an example of
God's love
Generally speaking, Screwtape least understands ____ _____
structural irony
Letter from a West Texas Constituent best exemplifies
undulations
Screwtape refers to the peaks and troughs of human life as the law of ___
A,C
Scylla Toothless forms an example of which two of the following techniques a. understatement b. oxymoron c. hyperbole d. litotes
true
Scylla Toothless is primarily humorous in tone
false
Thurber wrote his essay The Day the Dam Broke as a critique of society
false
in Jade Flower Palace, Tu Fu creates a primarily eerie atmosphere
the future is unpredictable
the main theme of Jade Flower Palace is that
the donation of a plot of land
the pivotal irony of the plot of The Grave Grass Quivers centers on
true
"the patient" in The Screwtape Letters is just an ordinary person
sarcasm
a type of irony that takes the form of mock praise
hyperbole
a type of obvious overstatement used to make a point
false
t/f irony is rarely used because it is frequently misunderstood
false
Screwtape leads his victims astray primarily through argument and reason
structural irony
The Screwtape Letters as a whole exemplifies
oxymoron
brief phrases combining contradictory elements for effect
situational irony
cleghorn's poem The Golf Links Lie So Near the Mill conveys its theme primarily through
situational a once great king and his palace are now nothing but ruins
describe the main irony of Jade Flower palace. what king of irony is it
litotes
expressing a positive statement by denying its opposite
1) the things they can perceive through their senses 2) if he can keep humans thinking about that, they will never consider eternal spiritual realities and listen to God
how does Screwtape want people to define "real life"? what does he have to gain from this definition?
readers react almost automatically with a protest when the astronomer maintains this tone about such a horrific topic
how does the tone of Wheelock's Earth amplify the message of the poem
personification
in A Considerable Speck, Frost characterizes the "speck" using what type of imaginative comparison
false
in The Grave Grass Quivers, structural irony leads to the resolution of a crime
verbal irony
occurs when a speaker's actual meaning differs from what he or she directly expresses in words
philosophy of anything new is better
screwtape gives three major results of being unsatisfied with "the Same Old Thing". describe one of them
true
t/f many examples of foreshadowing are later seen to be ironic
sarcasm
the poem Earth is an example of
government farm subsidies are illogical and wasteful
the real message of the letter is that
understatement
the representation of something as less important than it truly is
true
the resolution of The Grave Grass Quivers conforms to a biblical worldview
pun
type of wordplay that creates a double meaning by using words that are identical or similar in sound but different in meaning
situational irony children are working and the men are playing
what irony does Cleghorn point out in The Golf Links Lie Near the Mill and what response does she want from her audience
situational
what type of irony does Frost use overall in the poem
dramatic beginning in the first paragraph, the readers know that the dam has not broken, but the characters do not know
what type of irony is illustrated throughout the whole of Thurber's essay The Day the Dam Broke explain your answer
b
which of the following statements is not true of irony a. it underscores the paradoxical b. it elevates the coincidental c. it works off implied meanings d. it violates readers' expressions
people who do not show intelligent or clear thinking in their writing
who is the main target of Frost's irony in A Considerable Speck
true
Lewis's Screwtape Letters is an example of satire
a rhetorical question
Tu Fu uses ___ to sum up this theme at the end of his poem
structural irony
a sustained verbal irony that generates two layers of meaning... one literal and one implied throughout the entire work
satire
corrective ridicule of some object usually outside of the literature itself
situational irony and reversing perspective people are looking at the fish-fish are looking at the people
explain the irony and theme of Eastman's At the Aquarium
humorous
the general tone of the essay The Day the Dam Broke is best described as
the Incarnation
to what does Screwtape refer when he speaks of "that abominable advantage of the Enemy"
