English · UNIT 06 · MOCK TEST

Mock 5 – Literary Terms, Figures of Speech & Genres

Unit 6: Language and Linguistics · 16 questions · about 19 minutes. Press End Mock any time to see your score and the correct answers.

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Q1.

The line 'Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness' presents which rhetorical figure?

AAnastrophe BApostrophe CAnaphora DChiasmus

Q2.

Identify the correct statements concerning the respective genre:

A. An epistle is a letter-form literary genre.
B. An epigraph is an inscription on a tomb.
C. An epigram is a short, witty poem.
D. An epitaph is a formal opening statement of a work.
E. An epyllion is a short poem in epic metre.

AA, B and C only BB, D and A only CA, C and E only DD, C and E only

Q3.

Match List I with List II:

List I: Term	List II: Meaning
A. Antonomasia	I. Writings of doubtful authenticity
B. Antiphrasis	II. Using an epithet or title in place of a proper name
C. Apocrypha	III. A narrative of the miraculous deeds of a god or hero
D. Aretalogy	IV. Ironic use of a word to mean its opposite

AA-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III BA-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I CA-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III DA-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

Q4.

Which of the following statements are correct about litotes?

A. It contains understatement for emphasis.
B. It is not the opposite of hyperbole.
C. It is used with laconic intentions.
D. It is used with ironic intentions.
E. It is used only in a dramatic context.

AB, C and D only BC, D and E only CA, D and E only DA, C and D only

Q5.

Which of the following are true of the 'abstract poem'?

A. The term was coined by Edith Sitwell.
B. Its words are chosen for their sound.
C. Its words are chosen for imagery and symbolism.
D. The term was coined by W. H. Auden.
E. Its words are not used chiefly for their sense.

AB, C, D only BA, B, E only CA, C, E only DC, D, E only

Q6.

An 'eponymous' character is one who:

Ais devilish in nature Bgives his or her name to the title of the work Cis intriguing in nature Dis superfluous to the plot

Q7.

Which statement correctly defines an 'epithet'?

AAn adjectival phrase that condemns a story's protagonist BAn adjective or adjectival phrase naming a characteristic quality of a person or thing CAn adjectival phrase suited to an inscription on a tomb DA figure in which a word is repeated at the end of successive lines

Q8.

Match List I with List II:

List I: Term	List II: Meaning
A. Portmanteau word	I. The study of the historical development of languages
B. Philology	II. Speech that sets up social contact and conveys feeling rather than ideas
C. Phatic language	III. A word formed by blending two or more words
D. Ghost (phantom) word	IV. A word that exists through the error of a scribe, printer or lexicographer

AA-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III BA-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV CA-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I DA-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV

Q9.

Match List I with List II:

List I: Device	List II: Definition
A. Hyperbole	I. Referring to something by the name of something closely connected with it
B. Metonymy	II. A roundabout or indirect manner of speaking or writing
C. Synecdoche	III. A figure in which a part represents the whole
D. Periphrasis	IV. Intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect

AA-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I BA-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III CA-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I DA-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II

Q10.

Match List I with List II:

List I: Term	List II: Meaning
A. Ambivalence	I. Refusal of 'correct' or standard English
B. Magic realism	II. Marriage or cohabitation across races
C. Abrogation	III. A complex mix of attraction and repulsion
D. Miscegenation	IV. Fantastic or mythical elements in otherwise realistic fiction

AA-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III BA-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV CA-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II DA-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II

Q11.

Statement I: 'Anagenesis' is the final part of a drama after the climax, where conflicts are resolved. Statement II: 'Anagenesis' is the turning point at which the audience sees an unexpected reversal.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false CStatement I is true but Statement II is false DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

Q12.

Which of the following statements about figures of speech are true?

A. Paronomasia is a figure based on sound.
B. Zeugma is a figure based on construction.
C. Irony is a figure based on imagination.
D. Chiasmus is a figure based on association.
E. Euphemism is a figure based on indirectness.

AA, B and E only BA, B and C only CB, C and D only DC, D and E only

Q13.

Match List I with List II:

List I: Lines	List II: Device
A. Pope: 'Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike'	I. Irony
B. Austen: 'It is a truth universally acknowledged…'	II. Simile
C. Keats: 'Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness'	III. Antithesis
D. Coleridge: 'And ice, mast-high, came floating by, / As green as emerald'	IV. Assonance

AA-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II BA-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV CA-I, B-IV, C-II, D-III DA-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I

Q14.

Which term refers to a sound or sound cluster associated with a particular meaning?

APhoneme BPhonic substance CPhonestheme DPhonemoid

Q15.

How does a metaphor differ from a simile?

AIn a metaphor the comparison is explicit, in a simile implicit. BIn a metaphor the comparison is implicit, in a simile explicit. CNeither is rooted in comparison. DA simile involves superimposition, a metaphor comparison.

Q16.

Which two statements apply to 'metalanguage'?

A. It is a technical language describing the properties of language.
B. It is a 'first-order' language.
C. It is a 'second-order' language that replaces a first-order language with metaphors.
D. It is a 'second-order' language.

AA and B only BC and D only CA and D only DB and C only

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