ABCTE ELA TEST PREP EXAM-GRADED
A
DECONSTRUCTION - correct answer-METHOD OF ANALYSIS THAT EXPLORES
THE UNDERLYING CONTRADICTIONS WITHIN A WORK
DRAMATIS PERSONAE - correct answer-THE CHARACTERS OR ACTORS IN A
PLAY
FALSE DIVISION - correct answer-NARROWING THE SCOPE OF THE ARGUMENT
BY NOT ALLOWING THE POSSIBLITY OF OTHER OPTIONS
HAMARTIA - correct answer-TRAGIC FLAW
APOSTROPHE - correct answer-A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH A WRITER
DIERECTLY ADDRESSES AN INANIMATE OBJECT
SYNECDOCHE - correct answer-A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH A PART IS MADE
TO REPRESENT A WHOLE
SCANSION - correct answer-A SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING AND MARKING POETICAL
METERS AND FEET
MODERNISM - correct answer-RESPONSE TO WWI, INDIVIDUALISM,
EXPERIMENTATION, NONLINEAR PLOT, IRONY AND SATIRE, STREAM OF
CONSCIOUSNESS, ALLUSIONS
BOOLEAN LOGIC - correct answer-FACILITATES ADVANCED DATABASE
SEARCHES
MODERNISTS - correct answer-JAMES JOYCE (ULYSSES), T.S. ELIOT (THE LOVE
SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK), VIRGINIA WOOLF (A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN),
SAMMUEL BECKETT (WAITING FOR GODOT), WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS, EZRA
POUND
TRANSCENDENTALISM - correct answer-INDIVIDUALISM, NATURE, HIPPIES
TRANSCENDENTALISTS - correct answer-RALPH WALDO EMERSON (SELF-
RELIANCE; NATURE), HENRY DAVID THOREAU (WALDEN), EMILY DICKINSON,
WALT WHITMAN
, ROMANTICISM - correct answer-OPTIMISTIC, IMAGINATIVE, EMOTIONAL
ROMANTICS - correct answer-EMILY DICKINSON, NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE,
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, WALT WHITMAN, LORD BYRON, JOHN
KEATS
WASHINGTON IRVING - correct answer-THE FATHER OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
(RIP VAN WINKLE)
REALIST - correct answer-MARK TWAIN
NEOCLASSICISM - correct answer-IMITATION OF CLASSICAL FORM,
SOPHISTICATION, CORRECTNESS
NEOCLASSICISTS - correct answer-JANE AUSTEN (PRIDE AND PREJUDICE), JOHN
BUNYAN (PILGRIM'S PROGRESS)
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE FORMAT - correct answer-A ROUND CONSISTS OF
FIVE SPEECHES AND TWO CROSS-EXAMINATIONS. ONE ON ONE. EACH SIDE
HAS 13 MINUTES
JOIE DE VIVRE - correct answer-JOY OF LIVING
TOUT LE MONDE - correct answer-ALL THE WORLD
NEW CRITICISM/FORMALISM - correct answer-ONLY FOCUSES ON A WORK'S
FORMAL QUALITIES AND DOES NOT CONSIDER EXTERNAL FACTORS
STROPHE - correct answer-ODE SUNG BY THE CHORUS IN AN ANCIENT GREEK
CHORAL
HOW STUDENTS MAY BEST LEARN TO READ POETRY CORRECTLY - correct
answer-LISTEN TO A POET PERFORM A PIECE OF POETRY
DOMESTIC COMEDY - correct answer-DEALS WITH DOMESTIC PLOTS AND
RELATIONSHIPS (SEINFELD)
COMEDY OF IDEAS - correct answer-DEALS WITH BIG IDEAS THROUGH A
COMEDIC LENS. CHARACTERS REPRESENT WORLDVIEWS
BLACK/DARK COMEDY - correct answer-MAKES COMEDY OF MORBID AND
TABOO THINGS
IAMB - correct answer-A METRICAL FOOT THAT CONSISTS OF AN UNSTRSSED
SYLLABLE FOLLOWED BY A STRESSED SYLLABLE
A
DECONSTRUCTION - correct answer-METHOD OF ANALYSIS THAT EXPLORES
THE UNDERLYING CONTRADICTIONS WITHIN A WORK
DRAMATIS PERSONAE - correct answer-THE CHARACTERS OR ACTORS IN A
PLAY
FALSE DIVISION - correct answer-NARROWING THE SCOPE OF THE ARGUMENT
BY NOT ALLOWING THE POSSIBLITY OF OTHER OPTIONS
HAMARTIA - correct answer-TRAGIC FLAW
APOSTROPHE - correct answer-A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH A WRITER
DIERECTLY ADDRESSES AN INANIMATE OBJECT
SYNECDOCHE - correct answer-A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH A PART IS MADE
TO REPRESENT A WHOLE
SCANSION - correct answer-A SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING AND MARKING POETICAL
METERS AND FEET
MODERNISM - correct answer-RESPONSE TO WWI, INDIVIDUALISM,
EXPERIMENTATION, NONLINEAR PLOT, IRONY AND SATIRE, STREAM OF
CONSCIOUSNESS, ALLUSIONS
BOOLEAN LOGIC - correct answer-FACILITATES ADVANCED DATABASE
SEARCHES
MODERNISTS - correct answer-JAMES JOYCE (ULYSSES), T.S. ELIOT (THE LOVE
SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK), VIRGINIA WOOLF (A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN),
SAMMUEL BECKETT (WAITING FOR GODOT), WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS, EZRA
POUND
TRANSCENDENTALISM - correct answer-INDIVIDUALISM, NATURE, HIPPIES
TRANSCENDENTALISTS - correct answer-RALPH WALDO EMERSON (SELF-
RELIANCE; NATURE), HENRY DAVID THOREAU (WALDEN), EMILY DICKINSON,
WALT WHITMAN
, ROMANTICISM - correct answer-OPTIMISTIC, IMAGINATIVE, EMOTIONAL
ROMANTICS - correct answer-EMILY DICKINSON, NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE,
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, WALT WHITMAN, LORD BYRON, JOHN
KEATS
WASHINGTON IRVING - correct answer-THE FATHER OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
(RIP VAN WINKLE)
REALIST - correct answer-MARK TWAIN
NEOCLASSICISM - correct answer-IMITATION OF CLASSICAL FORM,
SOPHISTICATION, CORRECTNESS
NEOCLASSICISTS - correct answer-JANE AUSTEN (PRIDE AND PREJUDICE), JOHN
BUNYAN (PILGRIM'S PROGRESS)
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE FORMAT - correct answer-A ROUND CONSISTS OF
FIVE SPEECHES AND TWO CROSS-EXAMINATIONS. ONE ON ONE. EACH SIDE
HAS 13 MINUTES
JOIE DE VIVRE - correct answer-JOY OF LIVING
TOUT LE MONDE - correct answer-ALL THE WORLD
NEW CRITICISM/FORMALISM - correct answer-ONLY FOCUSES ON A WORK'S
FORMAL QUALITIES AND DOES NOT CONSIDER EXTERNAL FACTORS
STROPHE - correct answer-ODE SUNG BY THE CHORUS IN AN ANCIENT GREEK
CHORAL
HOW STUDENTS MAY BEST LEARN TO READ POETRY CORRECTLY - correct
answer-LISTEN TO A POET PERFORM A PIECE OF POETRY
DOMESTIC COMEDY - correct answer-DEALS WITH DOMESTIC PLOTS AND
RELATIONSHIPS (SEINFELD)
COMEDY OF IDEAS - correct answer-DEALS WITH BIG IDEAS THROUGH A
COMEDIC LENS. CHARACTERS REPRESENT WORLDVIEWS
BLACK/DARK COMEDY - correct answer-MAKES COMEDY OF MORBID AND
TABOO THINGS
IAMB - correct answer-A METRICAL FOOT THAT CONSISTS OF AN UNSTRSSED
SYLLABLE FOLLOWED BY A STRESSED SYLLABLE
