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This is a list of Literary terms and examples from my class. #APLit
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1
Which is not a metaphor?
The assignment was a breeze.
Life is like a river flowing through you and me
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day
Her voice is music to his ears.
2
Comic Relief is present in which?
Wooing Ariadne
The Hand
Hamlet
I Stand Here Ironing
3
Euphony shares all of these features except
use of long vowels that are more melodious than consonants
harmonious consonants such as "l, m, n, r" sounds
hard loving sounds from consonants like z, k, ck
soft consonants w, s, y to create pleasant sounds
4
"The time is out of joint, O cursed spite/That ever I was born to set it right!" is
an example of alliteration
an example of a couplet
an example of cacophony
an example of assonance
5
Ekphrasis is
a writing that is always a poem
a writing that describes emotion and tone
a writing that describes another work of art
a writing that describe imagery and diction
6
Apostrophe is best used in
The Heart of Darkness
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Hamlet
Beloved
7
"All's fair in love and war" is an example of
Metaphor
Symbolism
Oxymoron
Juxtaposition
8
Which is not an example of Synecdoche?
She is wise wrinkles and all
The gray beards certainly claim to know
She is the breadwinner
The suits will decide our fate
9
Invective
is used only as a poetic device
is harsh abusive language
is a denunciation
is descriptive of a vice
10
Which is not tone from a short story?
Joy as their relationship progresses in "Desiree's Baby"
ominous with Aylmer's obsession in "Birthmark"
suspense that turns to horror in The Most Dangerous Game
the male tone is condescension in "Trifles."
11
A stanza of four lines is known as
a heroic couplet
a quatrain
1/3 of a sonnet
an octrain
12
Which is a simile?
He is the Tiger Woods of the golf team.
Her laughter was was music to his soul
Her laughter was like a warm blanket or a familiar song
The wind talked and sang throughout the day
13
Which is not a characteristic of a Petrarchan Sonnet?
It is two stanza of 8 and 6 lines
It has Italian roots
Ends with a two line couplet
a shift occurs between 8th and 9th line
14
Which short story uses Anticlimax the best?
The Sniper
I Stand Here Ironing
The Most Dangerous Game
Bartleby the Scrivener
15
Suspension of disbelief is all except
a willingness to sacrifice realism for enjoyment
a willingness to believe the unbelievable
a willingness to believe the believable
a willingness to suspend one's critical faculties
16
Verbal Irony is
irony in which actions have an effect opposite from intended
incongruity between expectations and reality
words expressing something contrary to truth or feeling
when something happens that is different from expectations
17
a colloquial phrase is
an outstandingly worded sentence
ordinary or familiar conversation
the use of vulgar or bad words
mistaken for connotation of disapproval
18
an ode is
the style which made Poe famous
a type of romantic poem
always written in ABAB quatrains
a formal lyric poem that celebrates a person, place, thing..
19
Satire is in which novel
The Kite Runner
The Heart of Darkness
Beloved
Slaughter House Five
20
Which novel has a prologue?
The Kite Runner
Invisible Man
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Heart of Darkness
21
Symbol
an object that stands for itself and a greater idea
an object that strands for itself and a graeter idea
an object that stands for something greater than itself
an object that stands for itself
22
All are Euphemisms except one
Passed away
The birds and the bees
Put to sleep
Wrong answer
23
A Sonnet has all but one
a poem with four quatrains
a poem written in 14 lines
a poem written in iambic pentameter
a poem written in ABAB CDCD EFEF GG scheme
24
Situational irony is all but one
Often used incorrectly in place of coincidence
Incongruity between expectations and reality
Irony involving actions opposite from what is expected
Audience knows about the situation but the characters do not
25
Antagonist
Is always a minor character
Is an opposition to the protagonist
A character that goes through change
Is a flat character
26
Free Verse are all except
known as vers libre which is a French word
based on normal pauses and natural rhythmic phrases
Have regular meter and rhythm
do not follow a scheme and rules
27
All are examples of an Epistolary novel except
Frankenstein
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Dracula
The Heart of Darkness
28
a mournful or sad poem, particularly a lament for the dead, is known as
an epigraph poem
Petratchian Poetry
an elegy poem
a sonnet
29
Personification is all but?
The car complained as the key was turned
Lightning danced across the sky
My alarm clock yells at me every morning
Traffic moved like a sea turtle on the sand
30
"Men sell the wedding bells" is an example of
Cadence
Assonance
Alliteration
Cacophony
31
Which short story best illustrates Stream of Consciousness?
The Sniper
Bartleby the Scrivener
I Stand Here Ironing
The Most Dangerous Game
32
Which is an example of a farce turned to tragedy?
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Bartleby the Scrivener
The Bet
Birthmark
33
Dramatic irony is
is in Robert Frost's "Mending Wall."
used with Marlow going up river
expressed through the voice of a character
when the audiences knows and the character(s) does not
34
An Anecdote is not
intended to support or demonstrate some point
a real event
imparting a deeper meaning
a short interesting story
35
Which novel/story best illustrates Linear Structure?
Frankenstein
The Odessey
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Beloved
36
Anti-Hero
is a central character
is the protagonist
is the antagonist
is one who lacks heroic attributes
37
Which is a Paradox
Sometimes you need to be cruel to be kind
icy hot
run slowly
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others
38
Foil is all but one
the antagonist
Highlights particular qualities of another character
In some cases, a subplot to the main plot
A character that contrasts with another character
39
a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way is
an oxymoron
an epigram
an authorial
an epithet
40
Catastrophe is all except?
It precedes the turning point.
It follows protasis, epitasis, andd catatasis
It is the final resolution
It is a synonym of denouement.
41
Deus ex machina is present in all except one.
Kaka Sharif's contact in the INS in The Kite Runner.
Bromden running away from the ward.
The narrator falling down the man hole in Invisible Man.
Sailor giving Horatio letters from Hamlet.
42
Enjambment is all but
primarily used in prose and non-fiction
the running over of a sentence from one poetic line to next
a line that continues without punctuation
the opposite of end-stopped
43
All except one are representative of Spondee
always in a Shakespearian Couplet
its purpose is to put emphasis on words
it is typically not used in the entire poem
a two accented syllables (Dum-Dum) stress pattern
44
Proverb is all except
a general truth or piece of advice
a metaphoric statement
a short pithy saying
popularly known and repeated
45
All but one describe connotation
an idea that invokes in addition to the primary meaning
an abstract meaning in addition to the literal meaning
a distrust and confusion placed within diction and syntax
a feeling that adds to the primary meaning
46
Which novel could be argued to have an Unreliable Narrator?
The Heart of Darkness
Invisible Man
Beloved
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
47
"But a better butter makes a batter better" is an example of
Cadence
Cacophony
Alliteration
Assonance
48
Aside is all but one
could be a soliloquy
is usually used as comic effect
a remark by a character that is not heard by others
could be the thoughts of a character
49
Which is not an Allegory
Trueblood's story from Invisible Man
Famous rape scene in The Kite Runner
The Nurse's window in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The character Beloved from the novel
50
Which does not employ In Medias Res?
Frankenstein
Invisible Man
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Odyssey
51
Which is not an example of Metonymy?
Let me give you a hand
The pen is mightier than the sword
The students study for the exam
The Oval Office was busy in work
52
An Octave is
high level interpreted language
a collection of four stanzas
a poem or stanza of eight lines
a four line stanza followed by a four line stanza
53
"His fingers rapped and pounded the door" is an example of
Caesura
Chiasmus
Cacophony
Consonance
