Copy of AP Lit Exam Review

The literary movement that focuses on emotions, individuality, and passion is:

A way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or geographical region:

The Q3 free response requires the writer to have previous knowledge of a literary work.

What is the definition of "diction"?

A figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement:

Which of the following is an example of dramatic irony?

In a play, a speech made when a character is alone on stage and "thinks aloud" is called a:

Two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry:

Which of the following is an example of the literary term "apostrophe" :

A poem consisting of four lines, or four lines of a poem that can be considered as a unit:

“...You slow-spirited Saturnists, that have nothing by the pilferies of your pen to polish"

The literary device Yoda uses when he speaks (inverted syntax):

The dictionary or literal definition of a word:

"William Shakespeare was not a bad playwright at all" is an example of the literary device:

Repetition of similar vowel sounds ("Hear the mellow wedding bells") is called:

The AP Lit. exam requires ____ essays to be composed in 2 hours.

“As the perfume of jonquils, you come forth in the morning” is an example of:

The literary movement that focused on death, fear, and supernatural elements is:

A motif is a universal message about life that can be found in a work of literature.

Which of the following IS NOT an example of an archetype in literature?

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

Literary device that places normally unassociated ideas next to one another to create an effect

A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole (ex.: "wheels" represent "car"):

On the AP Lit. exam, Q1 and Q2 free responses require literary analysis of:

Polysyndeton

A theme is a universal message about life that can be found in a work of literature.

Which of the following words is an example of onomatopoeia?

"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." -J.F.K.

The AP Lit. exam has a guessing penalty on the multiple choice section.

Associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase:

The author's attitude in a literary work is best described as the:

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence:

A reference to a literary, mythological, historical, or Biblical person/event/place is called:

A line of verse that consists of five metrical feet (one unstressed, one stressed syllable):

A person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and stands for something more:

The AP Lit. Exam tests students' skills of ___________ .

A special type of 3rd person narration that moves in and out of a character's consciousness:

The AP Lit. exam contains 55 multiple choice questions over the span of _______.