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Cards in this guide (19)
On his second visit to Wuthering Heights why must Lockwood spend the night

He becomes sick and dizzy.

After Mr Earnshaw dies and Hindley returns to Wuthering Heights how does Hindley treat the servants and Heathcliff

vindictively

Which of these is a quotation positioned at the beginning of a work that sometimes introduces a particular theme

epigraph

Which of these is a literary work that is an account of the daily personal thoughts and experiences of an individual

diary

Which type of literary work has a setting and simple plot and can range from as few as five hundred words to as many as 20000 words

Short Story

Which of these genres would an author use to record the events and personal experiences of his or her life

Memoir

Which of these literary terms refers to dramatic prose or poetry that describes rural life

pastoral

Which of these terms is defined as a brief account of some amusing or interesting incident or event that is based on the real life experiences of individuals

anecdote

What refers to a son's romantic obsession with his mother

Oedipus Complex is the name for a son's romantic obsession with his mother.

Which of these forms of organization begins with the least important point or illustration and ends with the most important

order of importance

Which of these terms is defined as the use of praise to mock someone or something

Sarcasm

What form of ordinary written or spoken language is expressed without verse meter or rhyme

prose

What forms of organization arranges events in the order in which they occurred

chronological order

Which of these definitions best describes narration A work of literature that tells a story

a work of literature that tells a story. (A+)

What literary term is used in this sentence sally ran faster than a herd of stampeding buffalo

Hyperbole.

Who wrote the book Seize the Day

Seize the Day was written by Saul Bellow. Published in 1956, Seize the Day was Saul Bellow's fourth novel about a failed actor who has to come to terms with his own personality and failures.

Which word would be best substitute for savage-minded as it is used in the reading passage

Fierce

What is a mock epic

A humorous poem about an unimportant matter.

Which of these terms is a name used by an author as a substitute for his or her legal name

The term is pen name.

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