Praxis 5047 Reading -Literature Test Questions with Correct Answers Graded A+
F. Scott Fitzgerald - Answers In The Great Gatsby: lavish weekly parties = reckless excesses of Jazz Age;
Meyer Wolfsheim = growth of bootlegging and organized crime. Geographical divisions, etc. Symbols
that developed the corruption of the American Dream.
Ernest Hemingway - Answers In The Old Man and the Sea: man vs. nature = Santiago's struggle to
capture giant marlin; but more properly = man's role as part of nature. Kill or be killed.
Alliteration - Answers Several words in sequence with the same initial sound
Hyperbole - Answers Extreme exaggeration for emphasis or effect
T.S. Eliot - Answers The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Verbal irony - Answers Uses words opposite to the meaning; Sarcasm
Situational irony - Answers What happens contrasts with what was expected
Dramatic irony - Answers Narrative informs audiences of more than its characters know
Oxymoron - Answers Juxtaposes apparently contradictory words
Analogy - Answers Compares two things sharing some common elements
Syllogism - Answers Refers to either deductive reasoning or a deceptive, very sophisticated, or subtle
argument.
Deductive reasoning - Answers Moves from general to specific
Inductive reasoning - Answers Moves from specific to general
Diction - Answers Author word choice establishing tone and effects
Chiasmus - Answers Uses parallel clauses, the second reversing the order of the first..."Ask not what
your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
Anaphora - Answers Regularly repeats a word or phrase at the beginnings of consecutive clauses or
phrases to add emphasis to an idea.
William Faulkner - Answers A Rose For Emily, the Sound and the Fury
Mood - Answers A story's atmosphere, or the feelings the reader gets from reading it. May convey joy,
anger, bitterness, hope, gloom, fear, an ominous feeling, or any other emotion the author wants the
reader to fee.
Tone - Answers The emotions and attitudes of the writer that s/he expresses in the writing.
F. Scott Fitzgerald - Answers In The Great Gatsby: lavish weekly parties = reckless excesses of Jazz Age;
Meyer Wolfsheim = growth of bootlegging and organized crime. Geographical divisions, etc. Symbols
that developed the corruption of the American Dream.
Ernest Hemingway - Answers In The Old Man and the Sea: man vs. nature = Santiago's struggle to
capture giant marlin; but more properly = man's role as part of nature. Kill or be killed.
Alliteration - Answers Several words in sequence with the same initial sound
Hyperbole - Answers Extreme exaggeration for emphasis or effect
T.S. Eliot - Answers The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Verbal irony - Answers Uses words opposite to the meaning; Sarcasm
Situational irony - Answers What happens contrasts with what was expected
Dramatic irony - Answers Narrative informs audiences of more than its characters know
Oxymoron - Answers Juxtaposes apparently contradictory words
Analogy - Answers Compares two things sharing some common elements
Syllogism - Answers Refers to either deductive reasoning or a deceptive, very sophisticated, or subtle
argument.
Deductive reasoning - Answers Moves from general to specific
Inductive reasoning - Answers Moves from specific to general
Diction - Answers Author word choice establishing tone and effects
Chiasmus - Answers Uses parallel clauses, the second reversing the order of the first..."Ask not what
your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
Anaphora - Answers Regularly repeats a word or phrase at the beginnings of consecutive clauses or
phrases to add emphasis to an idea.
William Faulkner - Answers A Rose For Emily, the Sound and the Fury
Mood - Answers A story's atmosphere, or the feelings the reader gets from reading it. May convey joy,
anger, bitterness, hope, gloom, fear, an ominous feeling, or any other emotion the author wants the
reader to fee.
Tone - Answers The emotions and attitudes of the writer that s/he expresses in the writing.
