Pre-AP English 10 Literary Terms

Question 1

What is a deep idea or issue about human nature explored in the story?

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Theme

Question 2

What is a brief reference within literature to a person, place, or passage in another work?

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Allusion

Question 3

What is the repetition of beginning clauses for effect?

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Anaphora

Question 4

What is the emotional, social, and cultural associations of a word?

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Connotation

Question 5

What is an interruption of a work's chronology to present an incident prior to current time?

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Flashback

Question 6

What is the atmosphere that pervades a literary work?

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mood

Question 7

What is appeal to ethics is based on the character, credibility, or reliability of the writer?

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Ethos

Question 8

What is the repetition of the last word of a clause or phrase at the beginning of the next?

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Anadiplosis

Question 9

What is a figure of speech involving extreme exaggeration to make a point?

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hyperbole

Question 10

What is an object or action in a literary work that means more than itself?

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symbol

Question 11

A character who contrasts the main character in order to emphasize the latter's qualities is:

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A foil

Question 12

What is a pattern in literature that is repeated across cultures and time?

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Archetype

Question 13

What is the time and place of a literary work?

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setting

Question 14

What is part of a statement that seems to contradict itself but is actually correct?

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Paradox

Question 15

The dictionary meaning of a word is called the

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Denotation

Question 16

What is the repetition of any object, element, or concept throughout an entire work?

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motif

Question 17

What is the grammatical order/organization of words in a sentence or line of verse or dialogue?

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Syntax

Question 18

What is the repetition of a word from the beginning of a clause/phrase at the end of the same?

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Epanalepsis

Question 19

What is an appeal to logic that relies on reason in a measured, organized manner?

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Logos

Question 20

What is a part of something is used to name the whole?

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Synecdoche

Question 21

The speaker’s selection of words to convey action, reveal character, imply attitudes, etc. is:

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Diction

Question 22

What is the part of the story that provides background information, context, and characters?

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Exposition

Question 23

What is a work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies?

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Satire

Question 24

A struggle occurring within a character's mind is:

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An internal conflict

Question 25

Concrete details include everything EXCEPT:

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Emotions

Question 26

What is it when characters say one thing but mean another?

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Verbal Irony

Question 27

What is the repetition of concluding word endings?

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Epistrophe

Question 28

The narrator knows only what the main character or characters know is a:

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Third-Person Limited Narrator

Question 29

An appeal to emotions relying on the author’s understanding of an audience's needs/values is:

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Pathos

Pre-AP English 10 Literary Terms

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Pre-AP English 10 Literary Terms

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