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AP Literature and Composition Exam Terms Review (first 50)
AP Literature and Composition Exam Terms Review (first 50)
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Used in preparation for the AP Lit exam.
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the literal or dictionary meaning of a word, containing little or no emotional slant
denotation
periphrasis
tone
connotation
2
compares two things by stating one is the other
metaphor
simile
irony
parallelism
3
a term used to describe literary forms, such as novel, play, and essay.
belle-lettres
syllepsis
homily
genre
4
A guy running for president uses this appeal to convince his audience that he is trustworthy.
pathos
ethos
logos
5
a 19-line poem with five tercets followed by a quatrain.
ballad
Shakespearean (English) Sonnet
Petrarchan (Italian) Sonnet
Villanelle
6
Which point of view exists when a narrator in a novel is also a character in that novel?
omniscient
2nd person
3rd person
1st person
7
The emotional slant (positive or negative) that words contain.
situational irony
caesura
connotation
denotation
8
a narrative containing an underlying moral or political meaning.
allegory
aphorism
bathos
bombast
9
A recurrent thematic element, image or symbol in an artistic or literary work
nemesis
bildungsroman
motif
prologue
10
A word or phrase made by transposing (mixing up) the letters.
Example:
weird to wired.
malefaction
anagram
palendrome
analog
11
Which type of irony involves saying the opposite of what you actually mean?
dramatic
situational
socratic
verbal
12
time and place in fiction
bibliomancy
caesura
setting
synesthesia
13
Attacking a person with personal attacks rather than attacking his/her arguments.
ad populum
straw man
ad hominem
circular reasoning
14
"She left the
H
eaven of
H
eroes and came down / to
m
ake a
m
an to
m
eet the
m
ortal need."
assonance
alliteration
chiasmus
asyndeton
15
another name for a metaphor
periphrasis
caricature
conceit
adage
16
A phrase made from two contradictory terms. (Example: “Bill is a cheerful pessimist.”)
Pun
Oxymoron
Epistrophe
Paradox
17
A metaphor in which the part represents the whole (Tom just bought a fancy new set of
wheels
.)
Epistrophe
Synecdoche
Litotes
Hyperbole
18
writer uses descriptive words in effort to appeal to the sensory experiences of the reader
imagery
metaphor
personification
symbolism
19
Another word for "word choice" is . . .
spoonerism
kenning
diction
chiasmus
20
compares two different things that have some similar characteristics
Anaphora
Allusion
Analogy
Alliteration
21
The speaker tells a sad story to appeal to the emotions of his/her audience.
pathos
logos
ethos
22
a brief reference to an event, literary work or person
Antimetabole
Allusion
Synonym
Anaphora
23
Which rhetorical mode would you use when structuring your paper on foils in
Macbeth
?
narration
comparison/contrast
cause/effect
description
24
A concise but witty and thoughtful statement. (ex: "I can resist everything but temptation.")
bombast
pedantry
parody
epigram
25
a type of understatement using "no" or "not"
Metaphor
Antimetabole
Litotes
Antithesis
26
You're trying to prove that a landfill in the city is causing birth defects, so you use . . .
description mode
chronological mode
cause/effect mode
narration mode
27
places a noun or phrase next to another noun for descriptive purposes
Analogy
Anaphora
Epanalepsis
Appositive
28
Another name for the speaker's attitude is . . .
tone
mood
conflict
characterization
29
harsh, discordant sounds
cacophony
anastrophe
euphony
zeugma
30
Another word for a figure of speech is a . . .
analogy
defibrilation
trope
scheme
31
"I ran and ran and ran all day but didn't lose any weight." (device?)
asyndeton
anaphora
polysyndeton
chiasmus
32
paragraphs in a poem are called . . .
ephrastics
monomes
caesuras
stanzas
33
point of view
periphrasis
dramatic monologue
perspective
inversion
34
rhymed lines of iambic pentameter in a poem
blank verse
rhyme royal
heroic couplet
free verse
35
a formal poem of lament and consolation regarding death or on a particular person's death
sonnet
elegy
melodrama
epigram
36
the argument or general idea expressed by a literary work--implied or explicitly stated
theme
discourse
concept
proverb
37
When human qualities or abilities are assigned to abstractions or inanimate objects
Personification
Hyperbole
Synecdoche
Apostrophe
38
Which type of irony involves an event happening that is opposite of what was expected?
verbal
situational
Socratic
dramatic
39
Which is NOT considered a rhetorical (writing) mode?
allusion
exposition
description
narration
40
a character whose traits highlight those of another character by starkly contrasting them
antagonist
protagonist
foil
portmanteau
41
A verb is in this when it expresses an action performed upon its subject
intransitive
passive voice
transitive
active voice
42
Man vs. Society is a type of . . .
conflict
animism
antithesis
plot structure
43
Rhetorical devices based on word choice and word order are called . . .
anastrophes
litotes
schemes
zeugmas
44
holding someone or something up to ridicule, usually in effort to teach a lesson
satire
persona
bildungsroman
ambiguity
45
an artificial event introduced in a drama suddenly to resolve a situation or untangle a plot
Synesthesia
Doppelganger
Verisimilitude
Deus ex Machina
46
a word or phrase repeated at the
beginning
of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences
Antithesis
Anastrophe
Anaphora
Epistrophe
47
a fictional narrative that is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel
dramatic monologue
novella
aubade
story
48
When a character in a play speaks directly to the audience
with other characters present
monologue
dialogue
dramatis personae
aside
49
Speaking to a non-human entity as if it understands. ("Freedom! You are a beguiling mistress.")
Apostrophe
Oxymoron
Pun
Antithesis
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uses words or phrases repeated in a similar structure
Metonymy
Parallelism
Oxymoron
Epithet
