AP Lit Literary Elements Quiz

By putting the young narrator next to Supergirl in "Volar," the author is employing...

The priest in "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" is a [BLANK] because he doesn't change in the story.

Langston Hughes uses [BLANK] when he writes, "I feel and see and hear, Harlem, I hear you: / hear you, hear me—we two."

"In the Waiting Room" includes details about cold weather, a dark night, and World War I to create a dark [BLANK].

In "Hades" when the narrator tells his bride that she doesn't have access to the sense of sight, it is an example of...

The use of an angel coming to a small town in "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" is an example of...

In the 6th stanza of "Poetry Should Ride the Bus," there is a [BLANK] when Forman moves to the diction "red revolution."

The line, "My love is a fever," from Sonnet 147 is an example of...

"Hades," by A.E. Stallings uses clear [BLANK] to paint the picture of the setting in the reader's mind.

Since the reader can infer that Roger sheds his childish ways in "Thank You, Ma'am," the story is an example of...

When Ruth Forman decides to break the first line of her poem after the word "dress," she is employing...

When a word in a story or poem is imbued with more than one meaning, it is an example of...

The old waiter and the old man in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" are...

This word means "small room" in Italian. It is how we refer to different sections of a poem.

The line "poetry should drop by a sweet potato pie," from "Poetry Should Ride the Bus" is an example of...

When readers unpack a passage for deeper meaning in analysis, they often focus on...

[BLANK] is used as a mimetic device in "Girl" to make the reader feel the weight of the indoctrination of young women.

Sandra Cisneros' choice to separate the mother's paragraph in "Hairs" is an example of...

By continually writing "this is" in "Girl," Jamaica Kincaid is using...

Iambic pentameter is an example of...

Since Roger is a full character in "Thank You, Ma'am" and undergoes a change in the story, he is a...

The aspect of a story or poem that has the most control over the point of view is...

Since it is a vignette, the story "Hairs" doesn't appear to have a traditional...

Poetry, Fiction, Drama, and Film are all examples of...

The Rhyme Scheme of a Shakespearean Sonnet is....

The detailed descriptions of Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones in "Thank You, Ma'am" are examples of...

Which literary element should you analyze like a character?