ABCTE ELA TEST PREP 63 Questions with Verified Answers
DECONSTRUCTION - CORRECT ANSWER METHOD OF ANALYSIS THAT EXPLORES THE UNDERLYING CONTRADICTIONS
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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
STRESSED SYLLABLE - CORRECT ANSWER LOUDER, LONGER, HIGHER.
EX. preSENT; PREsent
METAPHYSICAL POETS - CORRECT ANSWER WRITING CHARACTERIZED BY ELABORATE STYLISTIC MANEUVERINGS AND PARADOXICAL IMAGES (DONNE, HERBERT, VAUGHAN, MARVELL)
RENAISSANCE POETS - CORRECT ANSWER URBAN INFLUENCES, EXCITEMENT AND VARIETY OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE (GEOFREY CHAUCER, ALIGHIERI DANTE)
MALAPROPISM - CORRECT ANSWER THE HUMOROUS MISUSE OF WORDS, USUALLY UNITENTIONAL
DUTCH - CORRECT ANSWER ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS MOST CLOSELY RELATED TO THIS WESTERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGE (BOTH ARE GERMANIC)
METONYMY - CORRECT ANSWER FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT REPLACES A WORD WITH ANOTHER WORD THAT IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH (CLEAT CHASER)
ROMAN A CLEF - CORRECT ANSWER TYPE OF NOVEL THAT DESCRIBES REAL LIFE EVENTS UNDER THE GUISE OF FICTION
MELODRAMA - CORRECT ANSWER A DRAMA WITH EXAGGERATED SITUATIONS AND OVER THE TOP CHARACTERS
SONNET - CORRECT ANSWER A 14-LINE POEM IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER
ODE - CORRECT ANSWER A LENGTHY LYRIC POEM FEATURING ELEVATED LANGUAGE AND A MEDITATIVE TONE
EXPOSITION - CORRECT ANSWER INTRODUCTION OF CHARACTERS AND SETTING UP OF THE PLOT
POETRY - CORRECT ANSWER THE OLDEST WRITTEN GENRE
SOCIOLOGICAL/MARXIST CRITICS - CORRECT ANSWER CONCERNED WITH THE SOCIAL CONTENT OF LITERARY WORKS
ESSAY - CORRECT ANSWER FRANCIS BACON POPULARIZED THIS GENRE IN ENGLAND
GEORGE ORWELL, 1984 - CORRECT ANSWER WRITTEN IN RESPONSE TO THE RISE OF JOSEPH STALIN AND ADOLF HITLER
RAY BRADBURY, FARENHEIT 451 - CORRECT ANSWER THE POLITICAL FAILURE OF JOSEPH MCCARTHY
BILDUNGSROMAN - CORRECT ANSWER AN EDUCATION NOVEL THAT FOLLOW A CHARACTER'S GROWTH AND MATURITY
PICARESQUE - CORRECT ANSWER AN EPISODIC STYLE OF FICTION DEALING WITH A ROUGH AND DISHONEST HERO
DACTYL - CORRECT ANSWER THREE-SYLLABLE METRIC FOOT
PETRARCHIAN CONCIET - CORRECT ANSWER AN ELABORATE METAPHOR PERTAINING TO LOVE OR ROMANCE
APHORISM - CORRECT ANSWER MEMORABLE STATEMENTS THAT EXPRESS CLEVER OBSERVATIONSABOUT LIFE
MEDIA RES - CORRECT ANSWER EPICS BEGIN "IN THE MIDDLE OF THINGS"
DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE - CORRECT ANSWER ONLY ONE CHARACTER SPEAKS, FOCUES ON THE DISCREPENCY OF WHAT THE SPEAKER SAYS ABOUT HIMSELF AND WHAT THE READER COMES TO REALIZE ABOUT HIM
EPONYM - CORRECT ANSWER A PERSON WHOM SOMETHING HAS BEEN NAMED AFTER
EPITHET - CORRECT ANSWER A WORD OR PHRASE THAT DESCRIBES A PERSON OR THING
FABLE - CORRECT ANSWER STORY WHERE THE CHARACTERS ARE ANIMALS
TALL TALE - CORRECT ANSWER A STORY THAT IS SO EXAGGERATED THAT THE READER KNOWS THAT IS UNTRUE
EPIGRAM - CORRECT ANSWER A SHORT WITTY POEM, THAT ARE NORMALLY COMPLIMENTARY OR SATIRIC
RONDEAU - CORRECT ANSWER A 13-LINE POEM
ELEGY - CORRECT ANSWER A FORMAL POEM OF MORNING OF LAMENT
FABLIAU - CORRECT ANSWER A SHORT POETIC GENRE
HAGIOGRAPHY - CORRECT ANSWER A BIOGRAPHY OF A SAINT
SYLLOGISM - CORRECT ANSWER A FORM OF LOGICAL ARGUMENT THAT DRAWS GENERAL CONCLUSION FROM A PAIR OF GIVEN STATEMENTS
CARTE BLANCHE - CORRECT ANSWER FULL DISCRETIONARY POWER
SAVIORE FAIRE - CORRECT ANSWER KNOWING HOW TO DO [Show Less]