NYSTCE English Language Arts (003) Test with all
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Epic poems ✔Correct Answer-a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero, adventures
Epistolary Poetry ✔Correct Answer-written and read as letters
Ballads ✔Correct Answer-songlike poems that tell a story, often dealing with adventure, romance,
death and religion
Elegies ✔Correct Answer-poems of loss that express both praise for the dead and an element of
consolation
Odes ✔Correct Answer-Poems that express strong emotions about life, evolved from songs
Epigrams/ limericks ✔Correct Answer-Known for humor and wit
Sonnet ✔Correct Answer-a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme
schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
novel of manners ✔Correct Answer-a novel focusing on and describing the social customs and
habits of a particular social group
Sentimental love novels ✔Correct Answer-originated in romanticism
epistolary novel ✔Correct Answer-a novel in letter form written by one or more of the characters
Bildungsroman Novel ✔Correct Answer-German coming of age stories. Youth's struggles with
identity and life's meaning (Catcher in theRye, Lord of the Flies)
Roman a' clef ✔Correct Answer-Require real life frame of reference for full understanding (key).
Disguises truth too dangerous for author to state directly (Animal Farm, Nun's Priest Tale: Canterbury
Tales)
Realism ✔Correct Answer-Addresses ethical issues
Satire ✔Correct Answer-the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize
people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical
issues. (Alexander Pope's "Rape of Lock," John Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
Used to depict lower-class characters speech in dramas ✔Correct Answer-Colloquial Prose
Used to depict upper-class characters speech in dramas ✔Correct Answer-Stylized verse
Example of a play within a play ✔Correct Answer-Hamlet
, Shakespeare borrowed themes and characters from which author ✔Correct Answer-Christopher
Marlowe (Merchant of Venice- Jew of Malta)
Comedy ✔Correct Answer-light and humorous drama with a happy ending
3 types of dramatic comedy ✔Correct Answer-Farce, romantic comedy, satirical comedy
Farce ✔Correct Answer-A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of
seriousness, although it may have a serious, scornful purpose. Highly improbable events
romantic comedy ✔Correct Answer-a type of comedy whose likable and sensible main characters
are placed in difficulties from which they are rescued at the end of the play, either attaining their
ends or having their good fortunes restored. (Much Ado About Nothing- Shakespeare)
Satirical Comedy and Black Comedy ✔Correct Answer-generally mock and lampoon human
foolishness and vices; make main characters either fool, morally corrupt, cynical in attitude.
characters display foible- cuckolded spouses, dupes, other gullible types. Examples Volpone-Ben
Jonson, The Birds- Aristophanes,
When extended to extremes it is black comedy, comedic occurrences are grotesque or terrible
Tradgedy ✔Correct Answer-A serious drama in which the hero is brought to defeat by a character
flaw/personal action
Aristotle's criteria for tragedy in drama ✔Correct Answer-1. Anagnorisis - tragic insight or
recognition
2. Hamartia - tragic flaw or tragic error
3. Hubris - pride, violent transgression, arrogant overstepping of moral bounds
4. Nemesis - "retribution" represents cosmic punishment or payback
5. peripeteia - "turning" plot reversal from safe to endangered
Anagnorisis ✔Correct Answer-Recognition of truth about one's self and his actions; moment of
clarity
Hamartia ✔Correct Answer-a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine
Hubris ✔Correct Answer-excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the
protagonist of a tragedy
Nemesis ✔Correct Answer-Punishment or payback the tragic hero recieves
Peripeteia ✔Correct Answer-reversal of fortune "turning"
Hegel's theory of tragedy ✔Correct Answer-dynamic conflict of opposite forces or rights
revenge tragedy ✔Correct Answer-Wrongdoer has not been punished (Titus Andronicus, Hamlet)
Hamlet's tragic flaw ✔Correct Answer-Hamlet's failure to act and
his indecisiveness. "To be or not to be"
Topic ✔Correct Answer-Subject of the text
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Epic poems ✔Correct Answer-a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero, adventures
Epistolary Poetry ✔Correct Answer-written and read as letters
Ballads ✔Correct Answer-songlike poems that tell a story, often dealing with adventure, romance,
death and religion
Elegies ✔Correct Answer-poems of loss that express both praise for the dead and an element of
consolation
Odes ✔Correct Answer-Poems that express strong emotions about life, evolved from songs
Epigrams/ limericks ✔Correct Answer-Known for humor and wit
Sonnet ✔Correct Answer-a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme
schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
novel of manners ✔Correct Answer-a novel focusing on and describing the social customs and
habits of a particular social group
Sentimental love novels ✔Correct Answer-originated in romanticism
epistolary novel ✔Correct Answer-a novel in letter form written by one or more of the characters
Bildungsroman Novel ✔Correct Answer-German coming of age stories. Youth's struggles with
identity and life's meaning (Catcher in theRye, Lord of the Flies)
Roman a' clef ✔Correct Answer-Require real life frame of reference for full understanding (key).
Disguises truth too dangerous for author to state directly (Animal Farm, Nun's Priest Tale: Canterbury
Tales)
Realism ✔Correct Answer-Addresses ethical issues
Satire ✔Correct Answer-the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize
people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical
issues. (Alexander Pope's "Rape of Lock," John Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
Used to depict lower-class characters speech in dramas ✔Correct Answer-Colloquial Prose
Used to depict upper-class characters speech in dramas ✔Correct Answer-Stylized verse
Example of a play within a play ✔Correct Answer-Hamlet
, Shakespeare borrowed themes and characters from which author ✔Correct Answer-Christopher
Marlowe (Merchant of Venice- Jew of Malta)
Comedy ✔Correct Answer-light and humorous drama with a happy ending
3 types of dramatic comedy ✔Correct Answer-Farce, romantic comedy, satirical comedy
Farce ✔Correct Answer-A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of
seriousness, although it may have a serious, scornful purpose. Highly improbable events
romantic comedy ✔Correct Answer-a type of comedy whose likable and sensible main characters
are placed in difficulties from which they are rescued at the end of the play, either attaining their
ends or having their good fortunes restored. (Much Ado About Nothing- Shakespeare)
Satirical Comedy and Black Comedy ✔Correct Answer-generally mock and lampoon human
foolishness and vices; make main characters either fool, morally corrupt, cynical in attitude.
characters display foible- cuckolded spouses, dupes, other gullible types. Examples Volpone-Ben
Jonson, The Birds- Aristophanes,
When extended to extremes it is black comedy, comedic occurrences are grotesque or terrible
Tradgedy ✔Correct Answer-A serious drama in which the hero is brought to defeat by a character
flaw/personal action
Aristotle's criteria for tragedy in drama ✔Correct Answer-1. Anagnorisis - tragic insight or
recognition
2. Hamartia - tragic flaw or tragic error
3. Hubris - pride, violent transgression, arrogant overstepping of moral bounds
4. Nemesis - "retribution" represents cosmic punishment or payback
5. peripeteia - "turning" plot reversal from safe to endangered
Anagnorisis ✔Correct Answer-Recognition of truth about one's self and his actions; moment of
clarity
Hamartia ✔Correct Answer-a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine
Hubris ✔Correct Answer-excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the
protagonist of a tragedy
Nemesis ✔Correct Answer-Punishment or payback the tragic hero recieves
Peripeteia ✔Correct Answer-reversal of fortune "turning"
Hegel's theory of tragedy ✔Correct Answer-dynamic conflict of opposite forces or rights
revenge tragedy ✔Correct Answer-Wrongdoer has not been punished (Titus Andronicus, Hamlet)
Hamlet's tragic flaw ✔Correct Answer-Hamlet's failure to act and
his indecisiveness. "To be or not to be"
Topic ✔Correct Answer-Subject of the text
