AP Literature Terminology

Identify the device used: "My seat's been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar..."

ID: “The moan of doves in immemorial elms, And murmuring of innumerable bees…”

Some might consider Hamlet's procrastination to be his ______, or fatal error.

ID: "Tyger, tyger, burning bright/In the forest of the night"

an extended metaphor

ID: "I must be cruel only to be kind."

Which is NOT true of THEME?

This quote contains all of the following EXCEPT ____: "I came, I saw, I conquered."

A ___ rhyme ends on a stressed syllable; a ____ rhyme ends on an unstressed syllable.

ID: "The big sycamore by the creek was gone. The willow tangle was gone."

ID: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary"

Which device is NOT used? "...the rich/and succulent marrows/of earth--a poor/dry stick"

The primary device that creates suspense in Oedipus Rex is

Which of these statements is incorrect?

blend of unharmonious sounds

If the narrator is outside the story and knows the thoughts of all characters, this is called

Even though it's not part of TPCASTT, one must examine the ______, or structure, of poetry.

Which is NOT true of a heroic couplet?

poetry written in iambic pentameter without a rhyme scheme

When Hamlet gives his "To Be or Not To Be" speech, this is a

ID: "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."

ID: "Her mother is perfectly unbearable. Never met such a Gorgon..."

ID: "Yet, never, in Extremity,/It asked a crumb--of Me."

ID: "This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, / This earth of majesty..."

If a line of poetry has been shortened, this is called a

According to Aristotle, after watching a tragedy, the audience experiences ____________.

ID: "We are the origins of war – not history’s forces, nor the times, nor justice..."

a short speech/conversation not heard by the other characters on stage

the turning point or most exciting point of a story

A story in which all characters/events can be interpreted to reveal another layer of meaning

In Hamlet, Claudius is the

ID: "She sat there paler and whiter than anyone in the vast ocean of anxious faces about her.”

In A Doll's House, Nora is a ____ character, while the nurse is a ____ character.

writing designed to teach

ID: "As midnight makes/Her giant heart.../Drink the pale drug of silence..."

Sarcasm is a type of ______ irony.

Which is NOT true of a sonnet?

If a rhyme is not quite perfect, we call it a

_____is the dictionary definition of a word; ____ is the feelings associated with the word

When a story ends with a very unlikely coincidence that solves all the problems, it's called a