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1
This body of water catches the flow of human thoughts.
Waterfall of whimsy
Stream of consciousness
Sea of subjectivity
River of rhythm
2
"Alice said she couldn't eat crabs or any other crushed Asians" is an example of a/an __.
juxtaposition
metonymy
conceit
malapropism
3
Which sentence has two antecedents?
Rachel was tired due to the antics of her chinchilla.
Rachel was beat since her chinchilla bit its cage all night.
Rachel's chinchilla kept her up all night.
The chinchilla succeeded in keeping Rachel up all night.
4
True/ False:
Epistrophe is the opposite of anaphora.
True
False
5
Your opinion, mental leaning or inclination is ___.
Digression
Bias
Exegesis
Bombast
6
A comparison that points out the similarities between two dissimilar things:
analogy
allusion
anastrophe
allegory
7
The underlying theme, meaning, or message of a work is the ___.
Subsymbolism
Suspension of disbelief
Subconscious
Subtext
8
A traditional mode of discourse could be all of the following
EXCEPT
Narrative
Expository
Descriptive
Ironic
9
All of the following would be part of syntax EXCEPT
Alliteration
Sentence length
Repetition
Anaphora
10
"Better to be safe than sorry" is a(n)
Aphorism
Assertion
Lame excuse
Appeal
11
A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place:
pastoral
folklore
idyll
fantasy
12
Which is a synonym for zeugma?
Synecdoche
Syllepsis
Superlative
Syllogism
13
Which is a brief story used to illustrate an idea?
Burlesque
Anecdote
Archetype
Allusion
14
An expository essay on
Night
is considered to be a/an ___.
Discourse
Critique
Expose
Euphony
15
A traffic cop getting fined for unpaid parking tickets is an example of
alliteration
metaphor
hyperbole
irony
16
The art of using language effectively is ___.
Can be narrative, descriptive, persuasive, informative
Entails structure, style, diction, tone, and purpose
Called rhetoric
All of the above
17
A rhetorical device that purposely de-emphasizes something for effect.
Parenthetic
Syllepsis
Understatement
Inference
18
Having a President tweet about news in a novel set in the 1800s would be an example of
analogy
anachronism
verse
verisimilitude
19
Rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of arrangement of words is:
appositive
antithesis
asyndeton
anthropomorphism
20
An annotation is
Brief summary or evaluation of a text
A critique of a text's qualities
An author's first draft of a text
reference to another source within a text
21
All of the following are examples of colloquialisms
EXCEPT
Brah
It's lit
Sway
Theory
22
"Muse" can be described as all of the following
EXCEPT
A nice pub in Wakefield
A goddess of the arts
A source of inspiration
A great alt-rock band
23
All of the following could be considered genres
EXCEPT
Fallacy
Folklore
Fantasy
Fable
24
Identify the example of chiasmus:
Play is fun, fun is play
Happy you are
All's fair in love and war
Study is needed, but so too is fun
25
Inflated, pretentious language is
Bombast
Cacophony
Bathos
Bard
26
"Real live ghosts" is an example of
paradox
oxymoron
parody
hyperbole
27
Example of a bard would be
Homer
Bart Simpson
Shakespeare
J.K. Rowling
28
Which follows the customary order of English sentences (subject-verb-object)?
Periodic Sentence
Loose Sentence
29
The term
ad hominem
is most closely related to
ethos
logos
pathos
none of the above
30
Which is the opposite of hyperbole?
Inference
Litote
Irony
Malapropism
31
Who made you the ___ of good taste? I can wear this if I want to. I don't care what you think.
Bard
Arbiter
Archenemy
Caricature
32
Definition of anthropomorphism:
interest in science
giving human characteristics to god, animal, object
none of the above
belief in gods
33
A speech, poem, or passage that addresses a person or personified thing not present is a/an __.
Apostrophe
Belle-lettres
Extended metaphor
Caricature
34
"Some of the biggest failures I ever had were successes" is an example of ___.
Metaphor
Paradox
Melodrama
Parallel structure
35
Homer's
Iliad
and Odyssey, as well as Oedipus Rex, are part of the ___ of Greek literature.
Catalog
Cacophony
Canon
Classicism
36
Another word for rhetorical stance is
mood
mode
tone
persona
37
Fictional voice a writer adopts to tell a story
Pseudonym
Sentiment
Synecdoche
Persona
38
I don't like math because it is boring and hard and complicated and useless and yucky. Example:
Reiteration
Sarcasm
Polysyndeton
Syllogism
39
All of the following are onomatopoeia
EXCEPT
pop
sizzle
buzz
jump
40
Which is a Greek term meaning an idea that fails to logically follow from the one before?
Denouement
Malaprop
Non sequitor
Deus ex machina
41
The emotional atmosphere of a literary work is its
Mode
Moral
Motif
Mood
42
The premise or declaration of an argument is the
anecdote
annotation
assertion
assonance
43
This tool can be useful when quoting a long passage in an essay:
Epithet
Ellipsis
Exegesis
Epistrophe
44
All of the following pertain to the words of a literary piece
EXCEPT
denouement
jargon
diction
dialect
45
A pro-choice paragraph in an essay supporting pro-life would be an example of ___.
Subordination
Refutation
Realism
Persuasion
46
Which of the following was
NOT
an actual submission by an AP test taker for an answer?
A picture of an atomic bomb dropping on the College Board
An essay on the children's book Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman
A list of facts about pandas
A perfectly drawn and shaded picture of a middle finger
47
What does the Latin phrase
carpe diem
mean?
"Seize the day"
"Trump's toupee"
"Time to pay"
"Go away"
48
The phrase "We came, we played, we dominated" contains an example of which literary device?
aphorism
ethos
superiority complex
assonance
49
A highly specific, tangible, particular detail is said to be ___.
fallacious
emphatic
Dionysian
concrete
50
___ is the specialized language of a certain group.
Maxim
Jargon
Litany
Lampoon
51
"True is that,I think," (or other things Yoda might say) is an example of
ad hominem
anastrophe
adage
alliteration
52
". . . rely on his honor, honor such as his" is an example of
analogy
anaphora
anadiplosis
anachronism
53
A. P. can remind you to
Address the prompt
Act politely
Alter perceptions
Avoid potholes
54
Repetition of a phrase or word at the start of successive lines or phrases is ___.
allegory
anaphora
alliteration
anadiplosis
55
Things you should bring to the AP test include all the following
EXCEPT
a watch
pens and pencils
a negative attitude
drink and snack
56
What word best describes hyperbole?
lampoon
farce
exaggeration
harangue
57
"You catch more flies with honey than vinegar" is an example of
a proverb
a maxim
an adage
all of the above
58
Helen of Troy's name being associated with beauty is an example of ___.
an extended metaphor
an epithet
an eponymn
an expose
59
If all the parts of an essay don't contribute to the central idea, it is said to lack ____.
Digression
Coherence
Credibility
Discourse
60
Any discourse that is not poetry is called
pulp fiction
prose
narrative
realism
61
"Ambiguity" is defined as
a wise saying based on experience
vagueness of meaning
inversion of natural or usual word orfer
comparison that points to similarities
62
The spirit, trend of thought, or feeling of a given time period is the:
verisimilitude
regionalism
colloquialism
zeitgeist
63
A work of literature describing rural life of a simpler time is a ___.
Pastoral
Trope
Proverb
Mock epic
64
True or False:
An arbiter is the word to which a pronoun refers.
True
False
65
All of the following are types of appeal
EXCEPT
Logos
Minos
Ethos
Pathos
66
Which is the art and science of teaching?
Metonomy
Old English
Pedagogy
Parable
67
The novel Fifty Shades of Grey might be considered
Pulp fiction
Romanticism
Pedantic
Superlative
68
Which of the following is
NOT
an oxymoron?
Jumbo Shrimp
Artificial intelligence
Deafening silence
Let's be alone together.
69
"Beating around the bush" is another way of saying
Circumstantial evidence
Circumlocution
Circumnavigation
Circular argument
70
"The shovel is a ground-breaking invention, but the leaf blower blew everyone away" contains
Puns
Paradoxes
Appositives
Kennings
71
"Grey-eyed goddess" is an example of:
epithet
epigram
eponymn
euphony
72
T or F:
In Dante's
Inferno
, Dante's first words to Virgil are an example of an invective.
True
False
73
True False: Dionysian refers to sensual, pleasure-seeking human impulses (vs. Apollonian)
True
False
74
What is a harangue?
An overstatement
Another word for genre
A story describing rural life
A forceful lecture or tirade
75
Your "arch enemy" is your
Antagonist in architectural trivia
Your enemy in high places
Your opponent since primeval days
Main, chief, principal opponent
76
Second meaning can be read beneath the surface of a(n)
Epic
Exposition
Allusion
Allegory
77
All of the following are types of narratives
EXCEPT
___.
Ode
Parable
Myth
Fable
78
All of the following poke fun at a subject
EXCEPT
burlesque
satire
bathos
parody
79
Abbreviated synopsis of a longer work is an ____
ellipsis
allusion
abstract
epigram
80
Reference a literary or historic work or event to make a point would be ___.
anachronism
analogy
allusion
allegory
81
"I said earlier that I didn't need a governess. Well, maybe I do" is an example of ___.
Hubris
Transition
Retraction
Verbal irony
82
True/False: To be cogent is to be unconvincing and overly sentimental.
False
True
83
Textbooks are written in a(n) ___ fashion.
didactic
cynical
elegiac
empathetic
84
Which sentence has an independent and a dependent clause?
I feel your pain, and I want to help.
You disgust me, but I love you nevertheless.
Since you asked, I will reveal my darkest secret.
After we eat, we'll go to Brickleys, but finish your peas.
85
". . . rely on his honor, honor such as his" is an example of
analogy
anachronism
anaphora
anadiplosis
86
Raising and answering questions for rhetorical effect is called ___.
harangue
hyperbole
hypophora
hubris
87
True/ False:
The connotation is the dictionary definition of a word.
False
True
88
All of the following might be considered archetypal imagery/motifs
EXCEPT
Paths and roads
Sunrises
Journeys
Great white whales
89
If the main idea is presented first in a sentence, it is said to be a ___.
Non sequitur
Loose sentence
Litany
Periodic sentence
90
Which of these works was written in Middle English?
Canterbury Tales
Romeo & Juliet
Beowulf
The Divine Comedy
91
Humanist is to cynic as ____ is to ___.
Incontrovertible is to convincing
Metaphysical is to abstract
Classic is to canon
Homage is to invective
92
Twain's lengthy description of Joan's qualities could be considered a(n)
myth
montage
motif
ode
93
Pericles' "Funeral Oration" could be considered to be a/an ____.
Eulogy
Exposition
Epigram
Euphemism
94
This word's literal meaning is "similar to the truth."
Syllogism
Simile
Verisimilitude
Zeugma
95
Style that tries to reproduce the random flow of thought is
Stream of confucius
Stream of consequences
Stream of consciousness
Stream of conscience
96
A poem that laments or meditates on the passing of someone is ___.
A parable
An elegy
An invective
A homily
97
"It was the best of times. It was the worst of times" is an example of
adage
antithesis
trope
apositive
98
True or False:
Twain's writing on Joan of Arc would be considered lyrical prose.
True
False
99
"We came, we saw, we conquered" is an example of:
asyndeton
appositive
apostrophe
antithesis
100
Lecture or sermon on a religious or moral theme meant to guide human behavior is:
a fable
a eulogy
an homage
a homily
