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1. Which is correct description of motif in literary writing?

A. The main insight, central idea, or universal truth found in a literary work.

B. An image or idea repeated throughout a work or several works of literature

C. The element of surprise in a work of fiction, such as twist ending

D. The writing style adopted by the author which is revealed in his/her word choice

ANS: A. The main insight, central idea, or universal truth found in a literary work.

- Motif must be recurring and dominant theme of a literary piece

2. Which of the following defines stylistics correctly?

A. It deals with expensive means which secures the desirable effect of the utterance

B. It is the study of literary discourse from a linguistic orientation

C. It is explicates the message to interpret and evaluate literary writings as works of art

D. It is the study of language structure, sounds, and meaning.

ANS: B. It is the study of literary discourse from a linguistic orientation

-Stylistics focuses on various elements of a style such as figures of speech and diction

3. Which of the following best illustrates the figure of speech “understatement “?

A. “That’s the wrong, Poe.” (Addressing somebody who does not know the answer)

B. “I think our comments differ slightly.” (“I do not agree with you at all.|”

C. “I’m so thirsty I could drink a pail of water.”

D. “That’s sound not intriguing.”

ANS: B. “I think our comments differ slightly.” (“I do not agree with you at all.|”

- The idea is presented with restraint and less force.

4. What stylistic device was employed in “And breaths were gathering sure/for that last onset, when the king/Be witnessed in his power” (Emily Dickinson)?

A. Paradox

B. Irony

C. Antithesis

D. Oxymoron

ANS: D. Oxymoron

-The author used last an onset placed side by side though with opposite meanings

5. In stylistics parlance, which term refers to the appropriateness of a work to intended subject, genre, and audience?

A. Diction

B. Tone

C. Point of view

D. Oxymoron

ANS: A. Diction

-Dictions refers to choice of words considering subject, genre and audience

6. Which of the following excerpts is an example of the figure of speech “paradox”?

A. “The child is father of the man.” (Wordsworth)

B. “O hateful love, o loving hate! I burn and freeze like ice!” (Shakespeare)

C. “At the drunkard’s funeral, four of his friends carried the bier.”

D. “Don’t we all love peace and hate war?”

ANS: A. “The child is father of the man.” (Wordsworth)

-The statement is self-contradictory but true and thought provoking

7. What figure of speech did not Nathaniel Hawthorne use is making Rev. Dimmesdale metaphorically dim as the novel progress while making Chillingworth have chilled heart?

A. Symbol

B. Charactonym

C. Allusion

D. Pun

ANS: D. Pun

-The author used play on words exemplified by dims and chilled.

8. Which of the following exemplifies the device “allusion”?

A. Shakespeare is a literary titan.

B. Death, be not proud

C. Philippines, O, Pearl of the Orient

D. Not yet, Rizal, not yet

ANS: A. Shakespeare is a literary titan.

- Titan is a little associated to older gods myths.

9. What techniques were used in the excerpt “Sea nymphs hourly ring his knell Ding-dong. Hark! Now I hear them-Dingdong bell”?

A. Consonance rhythm

B. Onomatopoeia and rhyme

C. Assonance and rhyme

D. Onomatopoeia and assonance

ANS: B. Onomatopoeia and rhyme

- The words Ding-dong resembles natural sound while knell and bell rhyme terminally

10. What device did Ovid use in the excerpt “And Icarus, his son, stood by and watched him/Not knowing he was dealing with his downfall/ Stood by and watch and raised his shiny face/ to boy will, always/ whenever a father tries to get some work done”?

A. Flashback

B. Foreshadowing

C. Frame Story

D. Epiphany

ANS: B. Foreshadowing

-This device gives clue or hint as to later development of the plot.

11. What device did N. V. M. Gonzales use in the excerpt “After Longos River, the trail to Mauhaw climbs the hill of the White Cows and for ten kilometers or so wander about the rolling cogon country before finally entering the woods. Only then may one get glimpse of the sea, heart-warming pictures framed by palma-bava and the resin-fragrant winds that strum the buri leaves a though these were guitars.”

A. Simile

B. Local Color

C. Allusion

D. Personification

ANS: Personification

- The excerpt gives in animate objects such as trail, bay, and wins human actions

12. What device did Alexander Pope use in the excerpt “here thou, great Anna, whom three realms obey/ Dost sometimes counsel takes, and sometimes tea”?

A. Oxymoron

B. Paradox

C. Irony

D. Anticlimax

ANS: Anticlimax

-Anticlimax is characterized by a sudden transition from significant to a trivial or ludicrous idea.

13. Which literary can give a meaningful criticism if the following poem?

“Hope” is the thing with feathers –

That perches in the soul –

And sings the tune without the words –

And never stops – at all –

And sweetest – in the Gale – is heard –

And sore must be the storm –

That could abash the little Bird –

That kept so many warm –

I’ve heard it in the chilliest land

And on the strangest Sea

Yet – never – in Extremity,

It asked a crumb – of me.

A. New criticism

B. Realism

C. Naturally

D. New historicism

ANS: A. New criticism

-new criticism focuses on literary language coherence and framework of the text. It also utilize close reading the other three options uses intertextual criticism as they regard literature as a product of some social constructs.

14. Which of the following is the focus of medieval literary period?

A. Secular and individualistic

B. Aesthetic and social

C. Mundane and symbolic

D. Divine and spiritual

ANS: Divine and spiritual

-Medieval literary period focuses on the sacred divine and spiritual subjects because the disposition was toward other-worldly and spiritual salvation.

15. Which of the following does NOT characterize deconstructive reading of text?

A. Authorial intention fallacy renders meaning uncertain

B. Language is fixed system of signs

C. A text is a combination of multiple shades of contradicting meaning

D. It is a reading which analyses a text’s critical difference from its intended meaning

ANS: B. Language is fixed system of signs

-   Deconstruction is a reaction against structuralism. It rejects the idea that text has solid and definite meaning.

16. Which is an example of the error dues ex machine

A. The protagonist saw and talks to God

B. The antagonist change and turned to God

C. The conflict is related to religion

D. The plot ended with divine intervention like way

ANS: D. The plot ended with divine intervention like way

- The author must not resolve conflict so easily as God came from a machine.

17. Which of the following is not true?

A. Romanticism emphasize human subjectivity and imagination

B. Post-modernism is highly structural, objective and empiricist

C. Realism draws from the objective and referential aspect of language and art

D. The Renaissance movement brought about the other-worldly disposition in art and literature

ANS: B. Post-modernism is highly structural, objective and empiricist

-Post-modernism is a celebration of invention and creativity “Post modernism, also spelled post-modernism in Western Philosophy a late 20^th century movement characterized by broad skepticism, subjectivism or relativism; a general suspicion of reason and an acute sensitivity  the role of ideology in asserting and maintain political and economic power.” (http://www.britannica.com/topic/postmodernism-philospohy)

18. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Marxism as a literary theory rejects the ideal of ‘art for art’s sake”

B. Formalism is criticism for meaning

C. New Criticism promote close reading and interpretation

D. Psychoanalytic theory in literature attempts to interprets symbol in literature

ANS: B. Formalism is criticism for meaning

-Formalism does not entirely rejected meaning. The site, http://www.britannica.com /topic/Formalism-literary-criticism reports: Allied at one point to the Russian Futurists and opposed to sociological criticism, the Formalist placed an “Emphasis on the medium” by analyzing the way in which literature especially poetry was able to alter artistically or “make strange common language so that everyday would could be “defamliarized.” They stressed the importance of form and technique over content and looked for the specificity of literature as an autonomous verbal art. “Paul H. Fry in his lecture at Open Yale University Course mentions, “Content is a function it coexist with poetic language. “Further he notes that “…..it must be understood generally that Formalism is not criticism for meaning.”

19. Which is known as the science of interpretation?

A. Hermeneutics

B. Textual exegesis

C. Literary appreciation

D. Post-Colonial Criticism

ANS: A. Hermeneutics

-  Hermeneutics is defined as the science of interpretations.

20. Which of the following does NOT allow intertextual reading of literature?

A. Feminism Criticism

B. Marxism Criticism

C. New Criticism

D. Post-Colonial Criticism

ANS: C. New Criticism

-  New Criticism or practical criticism promotes close reading; therefore it does not suggest intertextual interpretation. Feminism, Marxism and Post-Colonialism situate literature in the context of ideology and society.

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