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1 Turning Neither Left Nor White
Or: "You Just Stepped on My Zeugma!" Come in to find out what happens when good authors turn parallel structure on its head! Warning: there will be some spoilers for the literary works mentioned in this quiz.
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10 Q
adams627
Jun 02 11
999 plays
2 Literary Signs and Symbols
Have you ever wondered what some of those little symbols and signs you often see in literature (and on your keyboard) are called? Signs like -, or &, or * are used frequently...but how have we designated them? Let's find out...
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10 Q
thejazzkickazz
Jul 08 02
9996 plays
3 Literary Allusions of the 20th Century
See what you know about the phrases and other wordplay that these 20th Century authors gave us.
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10 Q
Oddball
Jul 02 07
1887 plays
4 Sighs Matters
A sigh; an audible exhalation of breath which might signify impatience, exasperation, delight, admiration or surprise depending on circumstance. A look at how the sigh has been interpreted by some literary greats.
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10 Q
mutchisman
Mar 12 10
363 plays
5 Don't Quote Me!
Don't quote me, I'm quoting them. Can you identify the literary figure who made these statements, or about whom they were made?
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10 Q
looney_tunes
Aug 13 11
1047 plays
6 Fifteen Minutes Too Late
Or perhaps ten minutes or ten hours... Regardless of the time span, nothing is worse than realizing it's too late to do something. Or is it? Here are ten quotes on being "too late".
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10 Q
PDAZ
Sep 02 11
810 plays
7 So, You Want to Write a Story?
Writing a story is a complicated task. Fortunately, there are many literary devices at hand to help a prospective author out. Here's a quick guide to some of them, and how to use them to write a story!
Tough
10 Q
deus_ex
Nov 29 07
912 plays
8 Did They Say That?
These are some common misquotations. Can you pick out the correct versions?
Tough
10 Q
jamesf
Jun 15 07
1437 plays
9 Not Famous First Lines, But...
There are many, many first lines in novels that have become so classic that, just by the opening sentence, we can tell which book it is. This asks about the less famous, second lines of novels and plays. Possible spoilers in answers.
Very Difficult
10 Q
rosieloo
May 02 07
1071 plays
10 Literary Terminology Hodgepodge
An assortment of questions about figurative language, rhetoric, plays and poetry.
Tough
15 Q
skylarb
Jul 23 03
1299 plays
11 Fiction: Stand-out Passages
These sections are ones people pull out of books and put in exams (or quizzes like this). They are key moments of the action. See if you can visualize the scene, names of characters, and then name the book these famous passage come from.
Tough
10 Q
windswept
Jun 04 09
639 plays
12 Literary Signs and Symbols 3
The third and final installment in this series, I will attempt to round up the remaining diacritic and punctuation marks that were missing from the first two quizzes...good luck and have fun!
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10 Q
thejazzkickazz
Jul 28 02
1428 plays
13 Literary Signs and Symbols 2
If you are curious about all of those little squiggly marks above the numbers on your keyboard...this may be the quiz for you. The 2nd in a series of 3, it will tackle some of the most oft-used symbols in writing...have fun!
Tough
10 Q
thejazzkickazz
Jul 14 02
1041 plays
14 Literature Quotes
From various well known works of literature, select either the book, play or character from which the following quotes are taken.
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10 Q
Creedy
Jun 19 10
519 plays
15 Name The Work
I give you a line, and you pick the correct work from which it came. Good Luck.
Tough
10 Q
metzoham
Feb 27 00
4221 plays
16 Word Origins from Literature
Here are some words that owe their existence to literary works. See how many you know.
Average
10 Q
robert362
Sep 25 00
3294 plays
17 Literary Terms For Book Worms
Literary Terms for Book Worms: the ultimate quiz for teachers and readers ... see how much you know!
Easy
20 Q
Melba
Jun 12 00
5085 plays
18 Dedicated To Whom?
Most books have a dedication page. See if you can determine what book contains or author wrote the following dedications.
Difficult
10 Q
maskman22
Aug 07 09
300 plays
19 Biggest Overstatement EVER!
This is a collection of literary overstatements for your review. Can you supply the answers required?
Average
10 Q
suomy
May 05 13
390 plays
20 Terminology: Literary and Rhetorical
There's a label for just about everything in literature and rhetoric. See how many you can identify.
Tough
10 Q
skylarb
Mar 04 03
567 plays
21 A Guide to Literary Terms
This quiz is to see what you know about literary terms. Most of the information is from http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/general/glossary.htm. I hope you enjoy it.
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10 Q
caitlynnl
Jun 15 07
837 plays
22 Poetic and Literary Terms
When reading about poems and literature, you will come across a multitude of terms, some of which are familiar, others you may never have heard of. This quiz is to see how many of these terms you know!
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15 Q
Crystallina
Mar 19 02
1224 plays
23 How Tough is Your Modern Lit Mettle?
Think your knowledge of 20th-century classics is up to snuff? To see, simply read the quote I have provided and select the novel from which it was extracted among the possible answers below. Good Luck!
Tough
10 Q
sillygirl219
Jun 04 04
393 plays
24 Literary Allusions: Where From?
I'll supply an allusion (a reference, without explanation, to a particular work of literature), and you tell me where it came from, or the author of the work.
Tough
10 Q
ravenskye
Mar 20 01
1395 plays
25 Literary Lapses
There is something wrong with each of these quotations. What is it?
Tough
20 Q
rachellis
Nov 10 00
1122 plays
26 Literary Lines
Here's a look at some memorable literary lines - placed in context.
Difficult
10 Q
robert362
Jan 03 03
1140 plays
27 Contemporaries - Quotations - 1
All these quotations are from either Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher, Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe or William Shakespeare and can be confirmed in the "Penguin Dictionary of Quotations", 2001. This quiz was inspired by uglybird's quizzes.
Tough
15 Q
mnbates
Jul 20 05
237 plays
28 Literary Labels And Terminology.
For obscure reasons humans feel the need to classify and to label not only pots of home-made jam , but also the works of creative genius. Authors are to be classified according to theme, genre, subjects, etc. See if you can find your way in this gallery.
Difficult
10 Q
flem-ish
Mar 02 02
729 plays
29 Contemporaries - Quotations - 4
Number 4 in a series of Contemporaries quizzes (from an idea suggested by uglybird) this features quotations from Jane Austen, Fanny Burney, Sir Walter Scott and William Thackeray taken from the "Penguin Dictionary of Quotations" by J.M and M.J. Cohen.
Tough
10 Q
mnbates
Nov 15 06
282 plays
30 Authors and Their Words
These are some of the best lines I've collected over the years. See if you know which great author said them. But if you don't, maybe this will spark some interest.
Difficult
10 Q
sr337
Oct 04 01
906 plays
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