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"