AP Literature Midterm Review

“Elderly American ladies leaning on their canes listed toward me like towers of Pisa.”

Having cut his finger, the chef tied a towel around his hand to keep the life from spilling.

"May the force be with you!" vs. With you, may the force be!"

Prick us, do we not bleed? Poison us, do we not die? Wrong us, shall we not seek revenge?

Hamlet: “I must be cruel to be kind.”

It was the early afternoon of a sunshiny day with little winds playing hide-and-seek in it.

The suits departed the train at Wall Street.

Sardonic, didactic, pedantic, and caustic

I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you till China and Africa meet!

The voice of a poem

A recurring idea or concept that surfaces throughout a literary work

The reporters, with serpentine movements, made their way toward the breaking news scene.

The boxer, battle-worn and bloody, beat his opponent with a series of bruising blows at bell.

A connotative implication of the word "blood"

“I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless.” (With Love by Thin Lizzy)

The rise in poverty will unlock the Pandora’s box of crimes.

The boxer, battle-worn and bloody, beat his opponent with a series of bruising blows at bell.

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so!

A reader's emotional response to a text

An octave, a sestet, and a couplet = 14 lines

Which cereal motto captures onomatopoeia?

Olfactory, Gustatory, Tactile

Which pair is closest to a slant or half rhyme?

Identify the character pair that are NOT direct foils of one another

Do I love you because you're beautiful? Or are you beautiful because I love you? (Hammerstein)

Prick us, do we not bleed? Poison us, do we not die? Wrong us, shall we not seek revenge?

The boxer, battle-worn and bloody, beat his opponent with a series of bruising blows at bell.

A dedication poem

Which is NOT a poem stanza form or verse line designation?

Mr. Raimondo is getting a little thin on top.