GACE English I & II Exam Questions
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Epigram - ANS-Couple or quatrain compromising of a single thought or event and often
witty or humorous/satirical
Ex: "Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve
to show it, That every fool is not a poet."
Satire - ANS-Use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose or criticize
people's stupidity or vices.
ex: "Weekend Update" from Saturday Night Live
Apostrophe - ANS-Calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or
thing, or a personified abstract idea. If the character is asking a god or goddess for
inspiration it is called an invocation.
Example: Josiah Holland ---"Loacöon! Thou great embodiment/ Of human life and
human history!"
Assonance - ANS-The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different
consonant
sounds especially in words that are together.
Asyndeton - ANS-Commas used without conjunction to separate a series of words, thus
emphasizing the parts equally: instead of X, Y, and Z... the writer uses X,Y,Z.... see
polysyndeton.
Diction - ANS-A speaker or writer's choice of words.
Didactic - ANS-Form of fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or
provides a model of correct behavior or thinking.
Ex: "God Girl"
Elegy - ANS-A poem of mourning, particularly for someone who has died.
Euology - ANS-Great praise or commendation of someone who has died
, Epithet - ANS-An adjective or adjective phrase applied to a person or thing that is
frequently
used to emphasize a characteristic quality. "Father of our country" and "the great
Emancipator" are examples.
A Homeric epithet is a compound adjective used with a person or thing: "swift-footed
Achilles"; "rosy-fingered dawn.
Hyperbole - ANS-A figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or
overstatement,
for effect. "If I told you once, I've told you a million times...."
Inversion - ANS-The reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase.
Examples: What a beautiful picture it is!
Where in the world were you!
How wonderful the weather is today!
Juxtaposition - ANS-Poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas,
words, or phrases are placed next to one another, creating an effect of surprise and wit.
Ezra Pound: "The apparition of these faces in the crowd;/ Petals on a wet, black bough."
Ballad - ANS-Lyrical poem that tells a story
Metonymy - ANS-A figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing, is referred to by
something closely associated with it. "We requested from the crown support for our
petition." The crown is used to represent the monarch.
Oxymoron - ANS-A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a
brief phrase. "Jumbo shrimp." "Pretty ugly." "Bitter-sweet"
Parable - ANS-A relatively short story that teaches a moral, or lesson about how to lead
a
good life.
Parallel Structure/Parallelism - ANS-The repetition of words or phrases that have
similar grammatical structures.
Ex: Ellen likes hiking, attending the rodeo, and taking afternoon naps.
Omniscient Point of View - ANS-An omniscient (or all knowing) narrator tells
the story, also using the third person pronouns. This narrator, instead of
focusing on one character only, often tells us everything about many characters.
Rhetoric - ANS-Art of effective communication, especially persuasive discourse.
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Epigram - ANS-Couple or quatrain compromising of a single thought or event and often
witty or humorous/satirical
Ex: "Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve
to show it, That every fool is not a poet."
Satire - ANS-Use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose or criticize
people's stupidity or vices.
ex: "Weekend Update" from Saturday Night Live
Apostrophe - ANS-Calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or
thing, or a personified abstract idea. If the character is asking a god or goddess for
inspiration it is called an invocation.
Example: Josiah Holland ---"Loacöon! Thou great embodiment/ Of human life and
human history!"
Assonance - ANS-The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different
consonant
sounds especially in words that are together.
Asyndeton - ANS-Commas used without conjunction to separate a series of words, thus
emphasizing the parts equally: instead of X, Y, and Z... the writer uses X,Y,Z.... see
polysyndeton.
Diction - ANS-A speaker or writer's choice of words.
Didactic - ANS-Form of fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or
provides a model of correct behavior or thinking.
Ex: "God Girl"
Elegy - ANS-A poem of mourning, particularly for someone who has died.
Euology - ANS-Great praise or commendation of someone who has died
, Epithet - ANS-An adjective or adjective phrase applied to a person or thing that is
frequently
used to emphasize a characteristic quality. "Father of our country" and "the great
Emancipator" are examples.
A Homeric epithet is a compound adjective used with a person or thing: "swift-footed
Achilles"; "rosy-fingered dawn.
Hyperbole - ANS-A figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or
overstatement,
for effect. "If I told you once, I've told you a million times...."
Inversion - ANS-The reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase.
Examples: What a beautiful picture it is!
Where in the world were you!
How wonderful the weather is today!
Juxtaposition - ANS-Poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas,
words, or phrases are placed next to one another, creating an effect of surprise and wit.
Ezra Pound: "The apparition of these faces in the crowd;/ Petals on a wet, black bough."
Ballad - ANS-Lyrical poem that tells a story
Metonymy - ANS-A figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing, is referred to by
something closely associated with it. "We requested from the crown support for our
petition." The crown is used to represent the monarch.
Oxymoron - ANS-A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a
brief phrase. "Jumbo shrimp." "Pretty ugly." "Bitter-sweet"
Parable - ANS-A relatively short story that teaches a moral, or lesson about how to lead
a
good life.
Parallel Structure/Parallelism - ANS-The repetition of words or phrases that have
similar grammatical structures.
Ex: Ellen likes hiking, attending the rodeo, and taking afternoon naps.
Omniscient Point of View - ANS-An omniscient (or all knowing) narrator tells
the story, also using the third person pronouns. This narrator, instead of
focusing on one character only, often tells us everything about many characters.
Rhetoric - ANS-Art of effective communication, especially persuasive discourse.
