Exam Questions & Verified Answers (2025 Updated)
Allegory -
CORRECT ANS✔✔A type of narrative that usesi ai story to symbolize another mea
ning (Biblical stories)
Alliteration -
CORRECT ANS✔✔A device thati "repeats" stressed sounds in a sequence of word
s closely connected to one another. *Luscious lemons. It is based on the sounds i of
letters, rather than the spelling of words.
Allusion -
CORRECT ANS✔✔A reference to an event literary work or person. *I can noti do
that because I'm not superman.
Foreshadowing -
CORRECT ANS✔✔Uses hints in a narrative to leti the audience anticipate future e
vents in the plot.
Hyperbole -
CORRECT ANS✔✔An exaggeration/
a figure of speech that usesi extreme exaggeration for dramatici effect. *I have done
this a thousand times. *Love story, comic stories.
Metaphor -
CORRECT ANS✔✔Compares two things by stating one is the other.*The eyes arei
the windows of the soul.
Onomotopeia -
CORRECT ANS✔✔Words that imitate the sound they describe. *Plunk, Whiz, Pop
Oxymoron - CORRECT ANS✔✔A two word paradox. *Never miss, seriously funny.
Personification -
CORRECT ANS✔✔Another figure of speech which attributesi "Human Qualities" toi
an inanimate object or abstracti entity. *The run down house appeared depressed.
,Simile -
CORRECT ANS✔✔Compares one object to another. *He smokes like ai chimney.
*Pretty as a picture. *Light as a feather.
Tone -
CORRECT ANS✔✔Refers to the "Attitude" expressed abouti the subject through th
e author.
Figurative languange -
CORRECT ANS✔✔A form of language use in which the writers and speakers me
an something other than the literal meaning of their words. (Two figures of speech
that are particularly importanti for poetry are simile and metaphor)
Imagery -
CORRECT ANS✔✔Is the concrete representation of ai sensei impression, feeling or
idea thati triggers our imaginative ere-
enactment of sensory experience. *Imagesi may be visual (something seen) Aural (s
omething heard), tactile (felt), olfactory (smell), or gustatory (something tasted.) * La
nguage thati appeals to the senses.
Rhyme -
CORRECT ANS✔✔The repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in diffe
rent words, most often ati the endsi of lines.
Stanzai -
CORRECT ANS✔✔grouping of lines, set off by ai space, which usually hasi ai set
pattern of meter and rhyme.
Rhythm -
CORRECT ANS✔✔Is the repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in di
fferent words, most often ati the ends of lines. Rhyme is predominately a function o
f sound rather than spelling; thus wordsi that end with they same vowel sound. *da
y, prey, bouquet, weigh. (Poetsi rely heavily on rhythm to express meaning and con
vey feeling.)
Cliches -
CORRECT ANS✔✔Saying or dialogue much overworked in common language. Th
ey are used in developing characters and sometimes in comical and farcical ways.
Anaphora -
CORRECT ANS✔✔refers to a figure of speech in which ai word or words are repe
ated at the beginning of successive linesi of verse in rhetoric.
Climax -
CORRECT ANS✔✔Occurs when a state of tension in ai literary worki reachesi its p
,eak, usually with a resolution of somei kind. (increasing level of tension, usually bet
ween the protagonisti and antagonist.)
Dialect geography -
CORRECT ANS✔✔the study of speech differences from one geographical area i to
another.
Dialect mixture -
CORRECT ANS✔✔the presence in one form of speech with elements from differe
nt neighboring dialects.
Dictation -
CORRECT ANS✔✔the choice of language in ai literary work. May bei formal, collo
quial, and slang. Used to seti ai tone for the worki meant to induce a mood in the a
udience.
Discourse -
CORRECT ANS✔✔any coherenti succession of sentences, spoken or written. Thus
a novel, short story, essay, speech or interview.
Style -
CORRECT ANS✔✔a particular manner of using language to narrate ai story, devel
op ai dramatic mood, or evoke a mood. Can also refer toi ai period of literary history
or to an individual writer.
Email/Electronic communication -
CORRECT ANS✔✔Very common among people and businessi for communication.
Electronic documents will continue to grow.
Effective way of writing an email. -
CORRECT ANS✔✔1. The subjecti should be meaningful and concise. Clear to the
reader.
2. Mosti important part of the message should appear on the first screen.
3. Summarize long messages in the fisti paragraph.
4. Write concisely in short, relevanti paragraphs.
5. Use a mixture of capital and lower case letter for ease of reading.
6. Include the text of the attachment in the body of the E-mail if possible.
7. Proofread after using spell check and grammar check.
Plot -
CORRECT ANS✔✔the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devis
ed and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
Elements of Literature - CORRECT ANS✔✔1. Exposition
2. Foreshadowing
3. Inciting Force/triggers
, 4. Conflict
5. Rising Action
6. Crisis
7. Climax
8. Falling action
9. Resolution
Exposition -
CORRECT ANS✔✔The introductory material which give the setting, creates the to
ne, presents the characters, and presentsi other facts necessary to understanding th
e story.
Inciting Force/triggers -
CORRECT ANS✔✔The eventi of character thati triggers the conflict.
Conflict -
CORRECT ANS✔✔The essence of fiction. It creates plot. We usually encounter th
em as (Man versus...Man, Nature, Society or Self.)
Rising Action -
CORRECT ANS✔✔A series of events that buildsi from the conflict. It beginsi with t
he inciting force and ends with the climax.
Crisis -
CORRECT ANS✔✔The conflicti reachesi and a turning point. A this pointi the oppo
sing forces in the story meeti and the conflicti becomes most intense. The crisis occ
urs before or ati the same time as the climax.
Falling Action -
CORRECT ANS✔✔The events after the climax which close the story.
Resolution - CORRECT ANS✔✔Round outi and concludes the action.
Writing Process - CORRECT ANS✔✔1. Pre-Writing
2. Drafting
3. Revising
4. Editing
5. Proof reading
6. Publishing
Purpose of writing - CORRECT ANS✔✔1. To entertain
2. To persuade or convince
3. To educate or inform
Considering an audience - CORRECT ANS✔✔1. Identify your audience
2. Determine qualities of the audience.