AP Lit Review

seemingly incongruous and contradictory interpretations of meaning in a work

a bawdy, humorous, or nonsensical verse written in five anapests with aabba rhyme scheme

Which of the following is a type of tone?

number of lines in a cinquain

Emile Zola, Stephen Crane, Edith Wharton

number of lines in a tercet

example of allegory

poetry that is highly personal and emotional

number of lines in a couplet

Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, and Søren Kierkegaard are most associated with ____.

number of syllables in a line of a iambic pentameter

another name for slant rhyme or oblique rhyme

implication that is suggested by a word/phrase rather than the actual meaning

type of poetry that is a formal lyric poem written in honor of one who has died

Which of the following is a type of tone?

used to indicate an extreme level of emotions or association for an object, person, or event

biblical, classical, literary, historical

a situation of poetic justice where good characters get rewards and evil characters, punishment

“O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger... O LORD, heal me; but thou, O LORD, how long?”

emotional purgation of tragedy

Referring to Hester Prynne is a___allusion.

an implausible concept or character is introduced into a storyline to resolve its conflict

Which of the following is a type of tone?

technique in which two or more ideas are placed side by side to compare or contrast

"Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" is a(n)___.

narrative poetry that is one of the earliest poetic forms

an image or idea that represents something else

the literal meaning of a word or phrase

def. of anachronism

number of lines in a septet

narrator: fiction; persona:____

William Blake, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Wordsworth, Herman Melville

Referring to the "undiscovered country from which no traveler returns" is a__allusion.

I was angry with my foe:I told it not, my wrath did grow. Antecedent of it?

particular aspects of a subject are exaggerated to create a silly or comic effect

number of lines in a sestet

extreme pride and arrogance shown by a character that ultimately brings about his downfall

"To err is human, to forgive divine." is an example of____.

resemblance of a fictitious work to a real event even if it is a far-fetched one

word play in which letters of a word are rearranged so that a new word or phrase is formed

literary device that attributes human qualities and emotions to inanimate objects

relates an episode in a speaker's life through a conversational format that reveals character

number of syllables in a line of dactylic trimeter

19 line poem with 2 rhymes throughout

“cannons, culverins, muskets, carabines, pistols, bullets, powder, swords, bayonets, battles"

type of poetry that is a formal lyric poem addressing subjects of elevated stature

The de facto leader was Virginia Woolf; formed a bridge between Victorians and Moderns

biblical, formal, elevated, casual

number of lines in a quatrain

philosophy in literature that emphasizes the idea that literature ought to convey moral lessons

Referring to the "shot heard around the world" is a__allusion.

number of syllables in a line of a trochaic tetrameter

“Good fences make good neighbors.”(Mending walls by Robert Frost)

provides a perfect example of cadence

Referring to the Sirens is a___allusion.

Jeptha of Israel is a(n)__allusion.

“Marriage is a fine institution, but I’m not ready for an institution.”

“Back to the region where the sun is silent.” Canto 1, Inferno is an example of___.

type of poetry that is a formal lyric poem written in honor of one who has died

number of lines in an octave

Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, Henry James

example of bildungsroman

cyberspace + magazine=cyberzine is an example of____.

"To err is human, to forgive divine." is an example of_____.

literary period from 1830 to 1900, characterized by upheaval

an allegorical story intended to teach a moral lesson

an action or a situation that seems to represent universal patterns of human nature

the use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing

stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry

outdated words or language