English review
Oxymoron
Brief phrases that combine contradictory elements for effect
How do Cleghorn's and Tu Fu's poems differ in tone?
Cleghorn's is serious and Tu Fu's is more nostalgic
Satire
Corrective ridicule of some object of scorn usually outside of the literature itself
What kind of imaginative comparison does Frost use throughout "A Considerable Speck (Microscopic)" in order to characterize the bug he describes?
Dramatic
The following statement by Screwtape is an example of chiasmus: We want cattle who can finally become food; He wants servants who can finally become sons. We want to suck in, He wants to give out. We are empty and would be filled; He is full and flows over.
False, antithesis
The theme of "Jade Flower Palace" is that the future is unpredictable.
False, nothing lasts forever
Tu Fu uses the rhetorical device of antithesis to sum up the theme of his poem.
False, rhetorical question
In "The Golf Links Lie So Near the Mill," Cleghorn uses dramatic irony to make her point.
False, situational
In "The Grave Grass Quivers," the narrator's ignorance of Doc Martindale's discoveries helps create foreshadowing.
False, suspense
Structural Irony
Generates 2 layers of meaning, one literal and one implied, throughout the entire work (Screwtape)
Litotes
A form of understatement that expresses a positive statement by denying its opposite
Hyperbole
A type of obvious overstatement used by writers to make a point
Pun
A type of wordplay in which the author combines 2 word meanings within a sentence
Situational Irony
In which a story's events violate normal expectations (A Gray Sleeve)
Screwtape refers to "that abominable advantage of the Enemy." In context, what is he alluding to?
Jesus
What kind of imaginative comparison does Tu Fu use in the following lines from his poem? "Ten thousand organ / Pipes whistle and roar."
Metaphor
Sarcasm
Mock praise
Identify the type of irony Frost displays in the final two lines of the poem.
Personification
What type of irony does Goble's gift to the community exemplify within the story?
Situational
Understatement
The representation of something as less important than it truly is
Irony
The use of language to convey meaning other than what is stated or a contradiction in what is expected to happen and what actually happens
For what purpose did Cleghorn write "The Golf Links Lie So Near the Mill"?
To show the injustice of and bring attention to child labor
"A Considerable Speck (Microscopic)" makes use of iambic pentameter.
True
"Scylla Toothless" illustrates the techniques of understatement and hyperbole.
True
One theme that Lewis visits multiple times is Screwtape's favorite method of under- mining Christian faith: distraction and misdirection.
True
The Screwtape Letters forms a classic example of structural irony.
True
The anonymous writer of "Scylla Toothless" uses what type of irony to convey his message?
Verbal
Verbal Irony
When a speaker's meaning differs from what he/she expresses in words
Give an example of foreshadowing from "The Grave Grass Quivers."
When he wishes for a murder case
Dramatic Irony
Which the reader is aware of a plot development of which the characters of the story are unaware (Julius Caesar)
Does The Screwtape Letters qualify as a satire?
Yes