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What is the defintion of claim?
Supports the thesis statement, but is not a fact and needs supporting evi.
Word Choice.
Factual information that shows a claim is true.
Sentence Structure.
2
A word's implied or associated meaning is:
diction
denotation
connotation
syntax
3
What is the definition of Enjambment?
A sudden realization or discovery of the truth or meaning of things.
A scene that interrupts the established linear narrative of a text.
When a line of poetry continues onto the next line without any punctuation.
Contrasting 2 objects or images and studying the effects of this contrast
4
What is the definition of symbol?
Something that loses its meaning to represent something else.
A funny shape
A letter
A word that mainains its own meaning while standing for something broader.
5
What is the definition of Epiphany?
When a line of poetry continues onto the next line without any punctuation.
Contrasting 2 objects or images and studying the effects of this contrast
A scene that interrupts the established linear narrative of a text.
A sudden realization or discovery of the truth or meaning of things.
6
What term simply means combining two unlike ideas or concepts in analysis? (Hint: Do NOT use this word in your FRQ)
Archetype
Literary merit
Theme
Complexity
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What is the definition of Open Form Poetry?
The cleansing or purging of emotion in or caused by a literary work.
A pause within a line of poetry, indicated by punctuation.
Poetry that does not follow expected or predictable patterns.
Poetry that sticks to predictable patterns and structures.
8
What is the definition of 3rd person?
The author uses pronouns I, me, we, us, my, and our to tell the story.
Narrator limits his omniscience to the minds of a few or single character.
Narrator can enter the mind of all characters.
Non-participant using the pronouns he, him, she, her, they, them.
9
What is the definition of Closed Form Poetry?
A pause within a line of poetry, indicated by punctuation.
Poetry that does not follow expected or predictable patterns.
The cleansing or purging of emotion in or caused by a literary work.
Poetry that sticks to predictable patterns and structures.
10
What is the definition of Flashback?
A scene that interrupts the established linear narrative of a text.
A sudden realization or discovery of the truth or meaning of things.
Contrasting 2 objects or images and studying the effects of this contrast
When a line of poetry continues onto the next line without any punctuation.
11
What is the definition of 3rd person limited?
Narrator can enter the mind of all characters.
Non-participant using the pronouns he, him, she, her, they, them.
Narrator limits his omniscience to the minds of a few or single character.
The author uses pronouns I, me, we, us, my, and our to tell the story.
12
Using time strategy, approximately how much time should you spend on each essay?
30 min.
40 min.
50 min.
20 min.
13
What is the definition of Conceit?
A change of diction to show a character's place or community of origin.
A startling or extended metaphor happens over several lines or entire work
A remark that deliberately minimizes in a figurative way.
A metaphor that is not directly stated as a regular metaphor.
14
What is the definition of Situational irony?
A situation in which the expectation is different than the expected outcome
Situation turns out appropiatly diff. from what one would normally expect.
The audience understands something the character does not.
Speaker says one thing while meaning the opposite.
15
What is the definition of Irony?
Situation turns out appropiatly diff. from what one would normally expect.
The audience understands something the character does not.
A situation in which the expectation is different than the expected outcome
Speaker says one thing while meaning the opposite.
16
What is the definiton of mood?
What ur mom is in.
The tone of a piece of literature.
The changing emotions of a person.
The emotional feelings created by the setting.
17
What is the definition of oxymoron?
A comparision of 2 things or ideas through the use of like or as.
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects or abstract ideas.
Statement that appears contradictory at first, but presents a truism.
A form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a expression
18
What is the definition of Caesura?
A pause within a line of poetry, indicated by punctuation.
Poetry that does not follow expected or predictable patterns.
Poetry that sticks to predictable patterns and structures.
The cleansing or purging of emotion in or caused by a literary work.
19
What is the definition of Rhyme?
When a vowel and a consonant sound are repeated in different words.
The voice in a poem.
A group of lines in a poem.
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
20
The AP English Lit exam includes how many essays?
5
2
4
3
21
What is the definition of Catharsis?
Poetry that sticks to predictable patterns and structures.
A pause within a line of poetry, indicated by punctuation.
Poetry that does not follow expected or predictable patterns.
The cleansing or purging of emotion in or caused by a literary work.
22
What is the definition of an Archetype?
When the expected action is turned around and the opposite occurs.
A commonly used character type, which often acts as a symbol.
A character that remains unchanged throughout the story.
A specific perspective that allows you to understand the story.
23
AP Lit multiple choice questions have ___ answer options
3
6
4
5
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What is the definition of Implied Metaphor?
A remark that deliberately minimizes in a figurative way.
A change of diction to show a character's place or community of origin.
A startling or extended metaphor happens over several lines or entire work
A metaphor that is not directly stated as a regular metaphor.
25
The narrator's interpretation of plot events based on their personal experiences is called:
perspective
point of view
tone
scope
26
What is the definition of 1st person narrative?
Uses you to tell the story.
A story with only one character.
Uses I, me, my, we, us, and our to tell the story.
Uses She, her, he, him to tell the story.
27
True/False: You
cannot
write about a work that is not listed on FRQ 3.
False
True
28
What is the definition of Evidence?
Supports the thesis statement, but is not a fact and needs supporting evi.
Pizza!
Sentence structure.
Factual information that shows a claim is true.
29
The act of starting a narrative in the middle of the plot is called:
stream of consiousness
in medias res
foreshadowing
flashback
30
What is the definition of Dramatic Irony?
Speaker says one thing while meaning the opposite.
The audience understands something the character does not.
A situation in which the expectation is different than the expected outcome
Situation turns out appropiatly diff. from what one would normally expect.
31
With multiple choice questions, always use:
All of the above
annotation
close reading
process of elimination
32
Your thesis or introduction should have what two elements?
Complexity + literary term
Claim + your opinion
Line of reasoning + theme
Claim + Line of reasoning
33
What is the definition of Speaker?
When a vowel and a consonant sound are repeated in different words.
A group of lines in a poem.
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
The voice in a poem.
34
Which section on the rubric yields the most points?
Thesis
Sophistication
Evidence/ Commentary
Line of Reasoning
35
What is the definition of Meter?
A group of lines in a poem.
When a vowel and a consonant sound are repeated in different words.
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
The voice in a poem.
36
What is the definition of syntax?
Word choice.
Factual information that shows a claim is true.
Sentence Structure.
Supports the thesis statement, but is not a fact and needs supporting evi.
37
What is the definition of a unreliable narrator
When there is no narrator for the story.
The reader is immeresed into the narrative as a charcater in the story.
Narrator can enter the mind of all characters.
Pov of a narrator, who, we precieve is deceptive, deluded, or deranged.
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What is the definition of 3rd person omniscient?
Narrator can enter the mind of all characters.
Non-participant using the pronouns he, him, she, her, they, them.
Narrator limits his omniscience to the minds of a few or single character.
The author uses pronouns I, me, we, us, my, and our to tell the story.
39
What is the definition of Stanza?
When a vowel and a consonant sound are repeated in different words.
A group of lines in a poem.
The voice in a poem.
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
40
What is the definition of Diction?
Sentence structure.
Supports the thesis statement, but is not a fact and needs supporting evi.
Factual information that shows a claim is true.
Word choice.
41
True/False: Your intro/conclusion paragraphs can be shorter than they would in a typical essay.
True
False
42
What is the definition of a metaphor?
Sensory details of a work.
A deliberate extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration.
Refrence in a work of literature to something outside the work.
A comparison of two things or ideas where one becomes the other.
43
What is the definition of setting?
The time and place in which events in literature take place.
The tone of the piece.
The emotional feelings created by setting.
The feelings created by the diction used throughout.
44
Which point of the rubric MUST you get in order to score highest elsewhere?
Sophistication
Evidence/ Commentary
Thesis
Line of reasoning
45
What is the definition of an allusion?
Refrence in a work of literature to something outside the work.
A deliberate extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration.
A comparison of two things or ideas where one becomes the other.
Sensory details of a work.
46
What is the definition of a hyperbole?
A comparison of two things or ideas where one becomes the other.
Refrence in a work of literature to something outside the work.
A deliberate extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration.
47
What is the defintion of verbal irony?
Speaker says one thing while meaning the opposite.
A situation in which the expectation is different than the expected outcome
The audience understands something the character does not.
Situation turns out appropiatly diff. from what one would normally expect.
48
A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter is almost always a/an:
haiku
sonnet
villanelle
ballad
49
What is the definition of 2nd person narrative?
The author uses pronouns I, me, we, us, my, and our to tell the story.
The secondary character in a story, parrallel to the protagonist.
The reader is immeresed into the narrative as a charcater in the story.
The author uses pronouns she, her, he, him, they, them to tell the story.
50
What is the definition of Dialect?
A change of diction to show a character's place or community of origin.
A remark that deliberately minimizes in a figurative way.
A metaphor that is not directly stated as a regular metaphor.
A startling or extended metaphor happens over several lines or entire work
51
what is the definition of a paradox?
A form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a expression
Statement that appears contradictory at first, but presents a truism.
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects or abstract ideas.
A comparision of 2 things or ideas through the use of like or as.
52
Characters who don't change are called ___, those who do change are ____
stagnant, evolving
static, evolving
stagnant, dynamic
static, dynamic
53
True/False: Avoid writing about movies, epic poems, and nontraditional texts on FRQ 3.
False
True
54
What is the definition of Imagery?
Refrence in a work of literature to something outside the work.
A deliberate extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration.
A comparison of two things or ideas where one becomes the other.
Sensory details of a work.
55
What is the definition of Point of View?
View of point.
The effect on the meaning of the story.
POV
The perspective of events as told by the narrator.
56
What is the defintion of theme?
Situation characterized by a difference between expectation and reality.
The central message of a literary work. The idea the author wants to convey
The time or place of the piece.
The mood of the piece.
57
True/False: You must always list literary elements in your thesis statement.
False
True
58
Scenario: You're asked to analyze one character and two can work. What should you do?
Go big: Analyze 2!
Focus on 1 but add a few details for the 2nd
Stick to the prompt: Analyze 1
59
What is the definition of Alliteration?
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in adjacent words.
The repetition of vowel sounds in adjacent words.
Rhyming words used to create rhythm.
A character that creates tension by opposing the protagonist.
60
What is the definition of Understatement?
A metaphor that is not directly stated as a regular metaphor.
A change of diction to show a character's place or community of origin.
A remark that deliberately minimizes in a figurative way.
A startling or extended metaphor happens over several lines or entire work
61
What is the definition of personification?
A form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a expression
A comparision of 2 things or ideas through the use of like or as.
Statement that appears contradictory at first, but presents a truism.
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects or abstract ideas.
62
What is the definition of a foil?
A minor character whose situation is parallel to the protagonist.
A kitchen item to cover food.
A stereotyped character, familiar from previous literature.
The character that opposes the protagonist and creates tenision.
63
What is the definition of simile?
Statement that appears contradictory at first, but presents a truism.
A form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a expression
A comparision of 2 things or ideas through the use of like or as.
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects or abstract ideas.
64
What is the definition of Assonance?
Rhyming words used to create rhythm.
A character that creates tension by opposing the protagonist.
The repetition of vowel sounds in adjacent words.
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in adjacent words.
65
What is the definition of Juxtaposition?
Contrasting 2 objects or images and studying the effects of this contrast
When a line of poetry continues onto the next line without any punctuation.
A sudden realization or discovery of the truth or meaning of things.
A scene that interrupts the established linear narrative of a text.
