What is onomatopoeia? Select one: a. A literary device that uses a word to imitate a sound. b. A figure of speech c. Words that include humor and fantasy d. Nonsense words What …

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What is onomatopoeia?

Select one:

a.
A literary device that uses a word to imitate a sound.

b.
A figure of speech

c.
Words that include humor and fantasy

d.
Nonsense words

What was the two prominent experimental forms of literature during the modernist era
Select one:

a.
Fragmented narrative in prose, free verse in poetry

b.
Detective and fiction stories

c.
Formal prose and poetry

d.
Ballet and formal rhyme

What was the atmosphere of the American modernist movement?
Select one:

a.
Happy and light hearted

b.
Disillusionment and Despair

c.
Understanding and fruitful

d.
Open and questioning

Why might Carl Sandburg have placed emphasis on politeness among animals in the Committee of Sixty and in the interactions the animals have with the humans in " How the Animals Lost Their Tails and Got Them Back Traveling from Philadelphia to Medicine Hat" ?
Select one:

a.
to teach children how to interact with adults

b.
to teach children how to interact with animals

c.
to poke fun at the animals

d.
To teach children to respect Canada

Which literary device is used in this poem?
For a Lady I Know
By Countee Cullen
She thinks that up in heaven
Her class lies late and snores
While poor black cherubs rise at seven
To do celestial chores
Select one:

a.
simile

b.
onomatopoeia

c.
hyperbole

d.
repetition

What is true about the character Dexter in F. Scott Fitzgerald's " Winter Dreams" ?
Select one:

a.
He would not change or regret the life he has lived.

b.
He is a static character.

c.
He is a dynamic character.

d.
He feels happy that he has made some excellent relationship choices.

Based on this excerpt from F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams" what is the meaning of the word priggish?
He stayed late at the dance. He sat for an hour with Irene Scheerer and talked about the books and the music. He knew very little about either. But he was beginning to be the master of his own time now, and he had a rather priggish notion that he-the young and already fabulously successful Dexter Green-should know more about such things.
Select one:

a.
pessimistic

b.
obnoxious

c.
benign

d.
Pig - like

From "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored and imperially slim
What is the contextual meaning of the words in bold ?
Select one:

a.
well-groomed

b.
socially mobile

c.
social

d.
idealistic

How does Paul Laurence Dunbar's Poem "We Wear the Mask" contrast or is different from traditional poetry?
Select one:

a.
His poem discusses individual identity.

b.
He uses biblical allusions in his poem.

c.
He uses formal language.

d.
Dunbar uses an unusual rhyme scheme.

From 'We Wear the Mask" by Paul L. Dunbar
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
What does the word myriad mean when used in this poem?
Select one:

a.
numerous

b.
overlord

c.
bright

d.
colorful