AP Literature Poetry Term Quiz

Question 1

A system for describing the meter of a poem by identifying the number and type of feet per line

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scansion

Question 2

The use of words in a literary work.

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diction

Question 3

Which is NOT a sensory detail found in imagery?

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extrasensory

Question 4

Which of the following are considered lyrical poems? *MULTIPLE ANSWERS

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sonnets, odes

Question 5

Octave

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8-line stanza

Question 6

A sustained, formal poem setting forth the poet's meditations on death or another solemn theme

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elegy

Question 7

Puns are used to...*MULTIPLE ANSWERS

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make you think, increase clarity within the text, introduce ambiguity, make you laugh

Question 8

Common poetic feet are...*MULTIPLE ANSWERS

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pyrrhic, iambic, anapestic, spondaic

Question 9

"Justice is blind" is an example of...

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personification

Question 10

"Papa Above! / Regard a Mouse." by Emily Dickinson is an example of

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apostrophe

Question 11

The continuation of the sense and grammatical construction from one line to the next in poetry

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enjambment

Question 12

A style in which combinations of words pleasant to the ear predominate.

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euphony

Question 13

A form of metaphor which in mentioning part signifies the whole.

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synecdoche

Question 14

What literary element do the following words have in common: laid, waste, and, slain

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assonance

Question 15

Something that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else.

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symbol

Question 16

"The black bat night" is an example of...

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metaphor

Question 17

"Buzz", "bam", "bang" are examples of...*MULTIPLE ANSWERS

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onomatopoeia, alliteration

Question 18

The main thought expressed by a work.

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theme

Question 19

A refrain is...

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a phrase repeated at intervals throughout a poem

Question 20

The ordering of words into patterns or sentences.

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syntax

Question 21

Situation or action that appears contradictory but turns out to be true or make sense

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paradox

Question 22

Personification is also sometimes referred to as ________ when human feelings given to animals.

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anthropomorphism

Question 23

A reference to something outside of the work of literature; pop culture reference.

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allusion

Question 24

"Wise fool" ,"jumbo shrimp", and "eloquent silence" are examples of...

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oxymoron

Question 25

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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rhythm

Question 26

Which of these are devices of sound? *MORE THEN ONE ANSWER

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rhyme, alliteration

Question 27

A caesura is...

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a pause, usually near the middle of a line of verse

Question 28

What literary element is used in the following: "This homework is killing me."

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hyperbole

Question 29

Name that literary element! Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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alliteration

Question 30

The purpose of sarcasm is to...

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injure or hurt

Question 31

"My love is like a fever; my love is deeper than a well" is an example of...

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simile

Question 32

End-stopped is

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a line with a pause at the end

Question 33

Rhyme that appears correct from spelling, but is not from pronunciation.

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eye rhyme

Question 34

A harsh, unpleasant combination of sounds or tones.

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cacophony

Question 35

An ingenious and fanciful notion or conception, usually expressed through an elaborate analogy

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conceit

Question 36

"Thirty sons, who 'rode around on thirty burros and lived in thirty boroughs" is an example of

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Pun

Question 37

What are the different types of sonnets? *MULTIPLE ANSWERS

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Petrarchan, Shakespearean, Spensarian

Question 38

Which of the following is unrhymed iambic pentameter?

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blank verse

Question 39

A figure of speech in which the actual intent is expressed in words which mean the opposite

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verbal irony

Question 40

When we speak of the king as the crown, which figure of speech is present?

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metonymy

Question 41

What literary term is represented through the following words: add, and, read

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consonance

Question 42

How many lines are in a sonnet?

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14

Question 43

Mark all that are examples of figurative language *MULTIPLE ANSWERS

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metaphor, simile, irony

Question 44

Poetry that is not written in a traditional meter but is still rhythmical

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free verse

Question 45

The repetition of a regular rhythmic unit in a line of poetry.

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meter

Question 46

An implied analogy which is carried throughout a stanza or entire poem

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extended metaphor

Question 47

What is a couplet?

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a two-line stanza with end-rhyme

Question 48

Rhetorical strategy

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the management of language for a specific purpose

Question 49

A didactic poem is used to primarily

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teach a lesson

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Antithesis is...

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a figure of speech characterized by strong contrasting words

AP Literature Poetry Term Quiz

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AP Literature Poetry Term Quiz

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