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English Midterm - Questions you got wrong (except for the Greek Literature ones)

Which of these defines irony of situation?

Ridicule is used to make a critical or humorous statement about a human weakness or society in general.

The audience knows something that the character does not know.

The intended meaning of a statement is the opposite of what is stated.

The character acts in a manner opposite of what is normally expected.

After their team won the championship, wild elation brought fans pouring onto the basketball court. What word is the closest in meaning to elation?

Screaming

Singing

Applause

Rejoicing

Which of these words is a euphemism for the other words?

Grotesque

Abnormal

Hideous

Peculiar

Choose the antonym for the word petulant

Unsettled

Pleasant

Unusual

Pretty

Choose the antonym for the word fraudulent

Honest

Bashful

Distorted

Orderly

What is the best option to mean tenacious?

Doubtful

Uncertain

Sticking to an opinion

Agreeing with others

TABOO : FORBIDDEN :: cheerful : _______

Genial

Dicontented

Insipid

I labored over my homework and barely finished it on time. Choose a synonym for labored.

Toiled

Circumstance

Cried

Commended

Choose the homophone that will make this sentence correct. The nervous tiger paced back and forth in (its, it's) cage while it waited to be fed.

Its

It's

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