AP Lit Midterm Review

A problem the character encounters

Which figurative language device: When pigs fly.

This is the framework or "skeleton" of a story. It contains all the plot elements.

Which type of figurative language: My backpack weighed a million pounds.

After an accident, a driver says, "My lucky day!" This is an example of verbal irony.

The picture is an example of which literary device?

Placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast.

A pilot having a fear of heights is an example of dramatic irony.

This literary element is used to tell where and when the story takes place.

The narrator tells the story using "he" or "she" and shares other characters' thoughts & feelings

The sun's rays wrapped its warm arms around my body.

The character or force in conflict with the main character.

Literary device in which a writer gives a hint of what is to come later in the story.

Name the figurative language device in this example: "Oh, Mother Mary, please help me through this."

Which type of figurative language: "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!"

Name the figurative language device this example illustrates: "My hands are tied."

Someone whose attitude changes during the story.

Simile, metaphor, and personification are examples of which TYPE of literary device?

Which type of figurative language device: The crown supports Brexit.

Which form of figurative language is this: “Dallas has a record with the fuzz a mile long”?

These are examples of ______.

The event that creates the conflict at the beginning of the story

A character whose attitude stays the same throughout the story

Reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the reader should recognize.

Name the figurative language device this example illustrates: "The White House claims that the report is false."

This is an example of which form of figurative language: “His sadness was a sea of grief”?

_____ suggests the author's attitude toward elements of a story.

“I couldn't have gotten up to save my life” is an example of which form of figurative language?

Which type of figurative language: Boom!

Background knowledge of events that occurred before the story begins or outside the story's plot

This is an example of apostrophe: Oh, Father in heaven, why have you foresaken me?

Anticipation of what will happen

Which literary device does this illustrate?

Events that add tension to the conflict

"Mr. Boyle's laugh was like booming thunder” is an example of which form of figurative language?

Which is not a literary element?

The sequence of events in which tension eases in the story

The central message/life lesson the author is trying to convey in the story

This is an example of apostrophe: Hercules must have been in his Ancestry.com report. He is so strong.

Which type of figurative language: A firehouse burning down.

The reader's feelings towards a text

The narrator tells the story using "he" or "she" and shares only one character's thoughts and feelings

Something in the story that represents something else

A character's struggles with outside forces (a person, animal, storm, etc.)

Snow White bites into the poisoned apple is an example of dramatic irony.