Literature Test (English)

What type of writing tells a story?

• Argument

• Narrative

• Expository

• Persuasive

Does a narrative story have a beginning, a middle and an end?

• True

• False

A couplet is formed by?

• Two rhyming lines of poetry

• Five alternate rhyming lines of poetry

• Four rhyming lines of poetry

• Five rhyming lines of poetry

Known as the Father of English literature, __________ is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages

• George Orwell

• William Shakespeare

• Charles Dickens

• Geoffrey Chaucer

“Here comes the princess; now heaven walks on earth”, illustrates the use of?

• Contrast

• Metaphor

• Metonym

• Meiosis

Joseph turned around, ” Be careful you don’t slip”, he called. Her heel dug for a third step and then the moss stripped off a little. Her hands gripped the moss and tore it out. Joseph saw her head describe a little arc and strike the ground.

As he ran towards her, she turned on her side. Her whole body shuddered violently for a second and then relaxed. He stood over her for an instant before he ran to the spring and filled his hands with water. But when he came back to her, he let the water fall to the ground for he saw the position of her neck, and the gray that was stealing into her cheeks. ” It was too simple, too easy, too quick “, he said. Joseph’s companion has just ______?

• Died

• Arrived

• Collapsed

• Relaxed

“It is cruel to be kind” is an example of an?

• Anti-climax

• Anecdote

• Internal rhyme

• Oxymoron

Who is the author of "The Chronicles of Narnia"?

• William Shakespeare

• C.S. Louis

• C.S. Lewis

• George Orwell

"The Great Gatsby" was adressed to children.

• True

• False

"Titanic" is one of the examples of a non-fictional narrative.

• True

• False