Directions: Read each quote carefully and choose
the correct type of word play that is used.
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The mouse cries, "I have not." Alice says
"A knot."
a. | diction | c. | alliteration | b. | pun | d. | parody |
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. "You see the earth takes twenty-four hours
to rotate on its axis----. "Talking of axes," said the Duchess, "chop off her
head!"
a. | diction | c. | syntax | b. | pun | d. | simile |
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. "If you knew times as well as I do, you
wouldn't talk about wasting it. It's him."
a. | lexicon | c. | pun | b. | assonance | d. | personification |
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You can draw water out of a water-well, but they
were in the well. Of course they were well…well in.
a. | diction | c. | personification | b. | pun | d. | nonsensical
word |
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I breathe when I sleep is the same as I sleep when
I breathe.
a. | assonance | c. | syntax | b. | repetition | d. | diction |
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. I've had nothing yet… so I can't
take more. You mean you can't take less; it's very easy to take more than
nothing.
a. | personification | c. | satire | b. | parody | d. | diction |
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Why is a raven like a writing desk? Come, we shall
have some fun now…
a. | syntax | c. | simile | b. | parody | d. | lexicon |
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"I believe I can guess that."
“Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?”
a. | satire | c. | syntax | b. | diction | d. | parody |
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She's murdering time!"
a. | diction | c. | syntax | b. | personification | d. | alliteration |
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The mouse says he can make the animals dry by
telling them a "dry" story.
a. | lexicon | c. | pun | b. | parody | d. | simile |
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"I see what I eat, I eat what I
see."
a. | syntax | c. | personification | b. | diction | d. | assonance |
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12.
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If you knew Time as well as I
do…
a. | pun | c. | personification | b. | syntax | d. | satire |
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Mine is a long and sad tale; it's a long
tail.
a. | pun | c. | repetition | b. | syntax | d. | lexicon |
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Did you say pig or fig?
a. | alliteration | c. | nonsensical word | b. | assonance | d. | parody |
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A mouse-of a mouse-to a mouse-a mouse-O
mouse!
a. | simile | c. | personification | b. | diction | d. | repetition |
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the King hastily said, and went onto himself in an undertone, “important--
unimportant--unimportant--important----“ as if he were trying which word sounded
best.
a. | diction | c. | parody | b. | assonance | d. | personification |
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“important-- unimportant--unimportant--important----“ is also
an example of:
a. | lexicon | c. | metaphor | b. | syntax | d. | simile |
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“We called him Tortoise because he taught us.”
a. | diction | c. | repetition | b. | syntax | d. | pun |
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“and then the different branches of Arithmetic-- Ambition, Distraction,
Uglification, andf Derision.”
a. | satire | c. | repetition | b. | parody | d. | syntax |
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“Why if a fish came to me, and told me he was going on a journey, I should
say ‘With what porpoise?’”
a. | parody | c. | pun | b. | syntax | d. | alliteration |
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21.
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Carroll wrote and lived in
a. | Nineteenth century Nova Scotia | c. | Edwardian England | b. | Nineteenth century
America | d. | Victorian England |
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Alice is too large for the doorway. She finds a
bottle and some cake. When she comes to them, she learns that
a. | one thing makes her bigger, and the other makes her
small | c. | if she drinks and eats too much, she'll have a
nasty fall | b. | the one thing that
her mother makes doesn't do anything at all | d. | it's totally
impossible to escape from this scary hall |
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While tiny, Alice slips and falls into a body of
saltwater. She realizes that this water is
a. | the private sea of the Queen of
Hearts | c. | a vat of fermenting anchovy
juice | b. | the tears she cried while she was a
giant | d. | the Mediterranean Sea |
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The air in the Duchess' house is full
of
a. | the smell of anchovies | c. | treacle | b. | pepper | d. | flying fish |
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In the garden, Alice sees three gardeners. These
gardeners are unusual because they
a. | are shaped like bowling balls | c. | share one set of feet between them | b. | share one eyeball between them | d. | are shaped like
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Alice takes the baby with her, fearing for its
safety, but he baby
a. | sprouts wings and flies away | c. | turns into a pig | b. | turns into the
Cheshire cat | d. | turns into dust |
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The game of croquet Alice plays is unusual
because:
a. | the balls are hedgehogs and the mallets flamingoes
| c. | the card game is played using the queen's
courtiers | b. | the bridge game is played on a decaying
bridge | d. | the pieces are little white and black
insects |
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Alice observes the trial of:
a. | the King of Hearts | c. | the Knave of Hearts | b. | the Queen of
Diamonds | d. | the Jack of Spades |
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The Gryphon takes Alice to see
the
a. | Sea Turtle | c. | Flock
Turtle | b. | Mock Turtle | d. | King of
Hearts |
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The trial in Chapter Twelve tries to uncover
a. | who stole the Cheshire Cat’s grin. | c. | who kidnapped the
Dutchess. | b. | who took the White Rabbit’s pocket watch. | d. | who stole the Queen’s
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Essay
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31.
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Choose one of the topics below and write a paragraph that explains your
answer.Provide specific details and examples in supporting your view for full credit. If you went on
the field trip, do topic #1.
1. How might satire be a way for a writer/artist to communicate
aa mesage to an audience, whether it is from the reader of Alice in Wonderland or a viewer of
art from a museum’s satire collection?
2. How might playing a version of croquet using
nonsensical rules or creating a website based on "Jabberwocky" be considered a
parody?
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