Kelsey's AP review 2024-2025

A novel of coming-of-age, formation, growth, change. The story follows a young protagonist as they grow and develop.

Whose dead body is used as evidence in a murder case that about his/her murder?

Who says, "“And this also has been one of the dark places of the earth”?

A poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person.

A blend of inharmonious sounds. It's used often in poetry, usually to emphasize disorder, harshness, or violence.

The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words.

a Greek word describing the “tragic flaws” of a character.

Who disposes of the murder weapon in The Round House?

A form of discourse in which a character talks to him or herself or reveals thoughts without addressing a listener.

Which of these will insure that you do not get the thesis point on the poetry analysis essay?

Which of these can earn you the point for sophistication?

Your personal experience may be cited as effective support in an essay and boost your score.

In Heart of Darkness, Marlow tells Kurtz's intended that his last words were her name.

Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of sentence or clause to emphasize or create rhetorical rhythm.

Which is in passive voice?

A genre characterized by mystery and supernatural horror, often set in a dark castle or other medieval setting.

A character that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another.

Type of verse that contains a variety of line lengths, is unrhymed, and lacks traditional meter.

Greek word that means “a cleansing”: the emotional release after vicariously experiencing the suffering of characters.

The use of multiple conjunctions when not grammatically necessary for emphasis or to maintain meter.

Who says, "I'll have her, but I will not keep her long."

Who says, "I’m going to opium dens, yes, opium dens, Mother. I’ve joined the Hogan Gang, I’m a hired assassin . . ."

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines or phrases.

When the audience or reader knows something characters do not know.

The use of a word or phrase to stand for something else which it is often associated(Oval Office; dish; tongue).

What do you need to get the thesis point on an AP essay?

A story that begins in the middle of things.

Which character kills someone accidentally?

A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule.

A poem of fourteen lines of rhyming iambic pentameter.

A character or speaker speaks to a character or object that is not present or is unable to respond.

Which of these will likely take away the sophistication point?

Used to describe a novel that tells its story through letters written from one character to another.

Who says, "my more than sister, since till death she was to be mine only."

Refers to excessive pride that usually leads to a hero’s downfall (Oedipus’ pride; Macbeth’s desire to kill Duncan).

Which is a sweeping generalization?

Who says, “If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?”

Who writes lines from Richard III on his kite?

Who says, "The horror! The horror!"

You should NOT guess on AP exams because incorrect answers deduct points.

A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner.

Who says, "The day will come that thou shalt wish for me/ To help thee curse this poisonous bunch-backed toad."

Which character became a poet and quit after a year because he was not as good as Homer and Shakespeare?

A reference to a canonical work of literature, often the Bible, Shakespeare, or mythology.

Who covers James Castle's body in The Catcher in the Rye?