AP Literature Exam Review

Identify SYNTAX: "Despite heavy winds and nearly impenetrable fog, the plane landed safely."

Modern entertainment like SNL and The Onion ridicule human vice or weakness, examples of _____.

"The Prince of Denmark" is a(n) _____ referring to Hamlet.

A "coming of age" story is a ___________.

A wicked step mother, prince charming, and a mad scientist are all examples of ____ characters.

The following line contains ___. The growling cow surprised Ms. Couch because cows don't growl.

To create absurdity, Roz and Guil in Stoppard's play are _______ of themselves in Hamlet.

A "carpe diem" poem, phrase, or conceit encourages the audience to _______.

The slang language used in writing to create local color and/or tone is called ______ language.

What device is exemplified in the following? lady lounges lazily; dark deep dread crept in

"We get paid every Friday; tomorrow is Friday. Thus, we get paid tomorrow," exemplifies a(n)__.

Victorian women were said to "glisten" rather than "sweat," which is an example of a(n) ______.

Identify SYNTAX: Chased them through the woods/Chased them through the orchard bowers

A line of verse that carries over into next line without a pause of any kind is _________.

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step," is an example of a(n) ___________.

The recurrence of the significance of the letter A in The Scarlet Letter is an example of ____.

At the end of Invisible Man, the narrator has a(n) _____, an awakening/sudden burst of insight.

"My stick fingers click with a snicker/And, chuckling, they knuckle the keys," exemplifies ___?

The Handmaid's Tale begins in the middle of Offred's story & delivers events through flashback.

A work that functions on a symbolic level and a literal level (like Animal Farm) is a(n) _____.

Aspects of a literary work that elicit pity from the audience are an example of _______.

Identify SYNTAX: "Kathleen wants to be a firefighter; Sarah, a nurse."

"With how sad steps, O moon, thou climbest the skies," is an example of _________.