English 4a CBE! Exam with correct
answers
apostrophe - correct answer -a technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate
object, an idea, or a person who is either dead or absent.
conceit - correct answer -an extended witty, paradoxical, or startling metaphor;
extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects
conflict - correct answer -the central struggle, problem or problems characters face
in a literary work
English Sonnet - correct answer -a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a
concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
Shakespearean Sonnet - correct answer -a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a
concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
final couplet - correct answer -a group of two lines at the end of a sonnet
Italian Sonnet - correct answer -a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme
pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd
Petrarchan Sonnet - correct answer -a sonnet consisting of an octave with the
rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or
cdcdcd
metaphor - correct answer -a figure of speech in which an expression is used to
refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
paradox - correct answer -a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory
or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
, personification - correct answer -A figure of speech in which an object or animal is
given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
rhyme scheme - correct answer -The pattern or sequence in which end rhyme
occurs throughout a poem. The first end sound is represented with an "a," the
second end sound is represented with a "b," and so on. When the first sound is
repeated at the end of another line within the poem, it is also designated as "a."
Spenserian sonnet - correct answer -a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a
concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with an interlocking rhyme pattern of abab
bcbd cdcd ee
stanza - correct answer -A group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single
unit; A division of a poem that is often referred to as a "paragraph of poetry"
theme - correct answer -The main idea or meaning of a story, poem, play or novel.
Often, this is an insight about human life revealed in a literary work
the Venerable Bede - correct answer -Wrote: The Ecclesiastical History of the
English People
1. Created the method for calculating time (starts from the birth of Jesus A.D. 1)
2. Considered the father of English History
3. Was declared a saint of the Catholic Church
Geoffrey Chaucer - correct answer -Wrote: The Canterbury Tales
1. Considered the father of English poetry
2. Given money from King Edward to fight in the Hundred Years War
3. Became a court official and did lots of public service
Sir Thomas Malory - correct answer -Wrote: Le Morte d' Arthur
1. He fought for the wrong side at war and committed many crimes which angered
King Edward IV
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