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A cacophony, in literary terms, is:
repetition of ideas or images
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repetition of ideas or images
motif
euphemism
exposition
allusion
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A cacophony, in literary terms, is:
use of words and phrases that imply harsh sounds within the phrase
anywhere in the words, there’s a repetition of vowel sounds
a comparison of two unlike things using like or as
a loud noise
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"The dark, the moon, the stars - all created a romantic effect."This is primarily an example of
asyndeton
syllepsis
gustatory
anaphora
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individual/place /object that represents the same ideas in many cultures and time periods
didactic
epigram
archetype
symbol
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Which of the following literary devices are NOT present?
Alliteration
Personification
Irony
Allegory
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"I lost my keys and my temper" is best an example of:
zeugma
malapropism
deus ex machina
gustatory
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Ode
same as a narrative poem
metrical unit composed of stressed and unstressed syllables.
lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject
a four-line stanza with any combination of rhymes.
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"in the midst of things" - plot device
ergo
in medias res
deus ex machina
denoument
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Gertrude Stein's quote “You are all a lost generation,” in the beginning of
The Sun Also Rises
.
epigraph
epithet
analogy
polysyllabic
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stereotypical character
foil
static
stock
malapropism
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How many syllables are in an iambic foot?
10
2
1
4
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A hero's frailty or mistake in judgement reverses the hero's fortune
harmatia
poetic justic
hubris
satire
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An image of contradictory terms.
oxymoron
pathos
rhetorical question
point of view
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Pathos is:
appeal to popularity
establishing credibility
appeal to logic
appeal to emotion
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What is sestina?
6 lines, 4 stanzas
4 lines, 4 stanzas and iambic pentameter
6 lines, 6 stanzas, same 6 words
14 lines, 4 octaves
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a pause in poetry or a break in the middle of a line (i.e. To Be, or not to be - that is ...)
enjambnant
anapest
dissonance
caesura
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End Justifies the Means
Attila
Joseph McCarthy
Don Quiote
Machiavelli
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The images below best represent which of the given literary terms?
Hubris
Deus ex machine
Ad misericordiam
Carpe Diem
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How many essay questions are on the AP literature exam?
5
3
4
2
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The willingness to withhold questions about truth, accuracy, or probability in a work
ambiguity
suspension of disbelief
magical realism
ballad
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How many lines does an Italian sonnet have?
14
12
13
9
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"The brains helped me with my homework" is an example of:
hyperbole
travesty
zeugma
synecdoche
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The opposite of "natural order of sentences" would be:
parallelism
inversion
balanced
loose
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Distingushing the line length and type of feet in a poem
scansion
Caesura
iambic pentameter
enjambnant
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THE AP LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION IS 4 HOURS LONG
True
False
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WHAT TERMS APPLY?
ALLITERATION, HYPERBOLE, SYMBOLISM
SIMILE, OXYMORON, DIALECT
CONSONANCE, METAPHOR, SIMILE
ALLUSION, ASSONANCE, ONOMATOPOEIA
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What is the quintessence of ____
light
reason
words
dust
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God of wine, theatre, wile
Bacchus
Nemesis
Hephaestus
Ares
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Self sattisfied individual
Cinderella
Babbitt
Don Quiote
Jekyll
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In Literature, a metrical unit is called?
Yard
Inch
Foot
Meter
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Euphony
Characterized by constant change, activity, or progress
Formation of a word from a sound associated from its name
Pleasant, harmonious sound
Inscription/written tribute in memory of a person on a tombstone/speech
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Another way to label an invective
verbal irony
distortion
mockery
sardonic statement
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Which is the most complex form of poetry and repeats words from former lines?
villanelle
sestina
ballad
ode
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"Are you a literary mastermind?" is an example of what sentence type:
declarative
exclamatory
interogative
imperative
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"The swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot" is primarily an example of:
paradox
tactile
extended metaphor
personification
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"Patience" relates best to which allusion?
Jonah
Prodigal Son
Good Samariton
Job
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Italian sonnet
3 Quatrains and a couplet abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee
an octave and a sestet. abbaabba (cdecde or cdcdcd)
Petrarchan Sonnet
3 Quatrains and an ending couplet abab cdcd efef gg no volta
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a novel with a series of loosly connected events in the plot
bildungsroman
allegory
picaresque
surrealism
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the "turning" point in an Italian sonnet
apostrophe
volta
epigram
couplet
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What is Part I of the AP Literature Exam?
2 essays
55 multiple choice questions
3 essays
25 multiple choice questions
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narrator can enter the minds of all characters
3rd person
omniscient
objective
limited
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old fashioned language
anachronistic
anaophora
aphorism
archaic
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How many feet is a tetrameter?
2
4
8
6
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Represents math, music, poetry
Sirens
Vulcan
Apollo
Nemesis
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"Oh Shame, where is thy blush" is best an example of:
consonance
spondee
apostrophe
malapropism
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What are two literary terms you cannot write without?
Rhymes & Tones
Simile & metaphors
Diction & Syntax
Litotes & Synecdoches
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God that could easily change
Cassandra
Morpheus
Pheonix
Narcissus
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Hamlet, a complex character, contemplates his existance."a complex character" is an example of:
antithesis
simple sentence
antecedent
appositive
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name the literary device
foreshadowing of something negative
foreshadowing of something positive
verbal irony
dramatic irony
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Handsome
Danial
Harpy
Jonah
Adonis
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a character receives what he/she deserves in a book's conclusion
poetic justice
invective
ambiguity
denoument
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"Pleasure is a sin and sometimes sin is a pleasure" is :
metonomy
asyndeton
anaphora
chiasmus
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Name the literary device
verbal irony
monologue
oxymoron
comic relief
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19 line poem with tercets and one quatrain
sonnet
villanelle
ballad
ode
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When an author uses something that didn't exist in that time period
allegory
anachronism
conceit
epistolary
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"I ordered the linguini and the the lobster" is an example of: ("at the restaurant" is left out)
synesthesia
ellipsis
apostrophe
inversion
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Word or phrase used in place of a person's name
apostrophe
epithet
epitaph
epigram
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Which individual is associated with "the kiss of death"
Judas
Achilles
Satan
Narcissus
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"She was laughing, crying and sweating at the dance" is an example of:
cumulative sentence
balanced sentence
parallelism
loose sentence
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"Your meaning is not misunderstood" is best an example of:
oxymoron
allusion
litote
synechdoche
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Brothers and betrayal relate to:
Judas
Jezabel
Cain
Samson
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"You are becoming a little thin on top" (bald) is chiefly an example of:
satire
euphemism
jargon
pun
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"loud shirt" is best an example of
anachronism
synaesthesia
metaphor
paradox
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"Ships at a distance have every ______ on board"
timeless hope
dream
man's wish
peril
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the use, where rhyme is expected, of words that do not strictly rhyme (i.e. swamp and damp)
slant
free verse
euphony
scansion
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Purposeful use of exaggeration in literature.
tone
irony
hyberbole
candor
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a reference to a person, place, event, or work of literature to enhance the meaning of an idea
allusion
kenning
picaresque
persona
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This immortal is often represented by a peacock
Diana
Hera
Persephone
Aphrodite
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Represented by a silver bow and arrow
Athena
Artemus
Hera
Helen
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the Hamlets and Fortinbras mostly exexmplify
archetypes
bildungsroman
poetic justice
foils
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another word for burlesque
antithesis
malapropism
stock character
parody
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absurd, crude, horseplay, hyperbolic, comical ...
farce
travesty
parody
absurdism
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Eye of Needle best represents:
arduous task
a journey
disillusionment
bad luck
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Another name for Italian Sonnet
Proletariat
Petrarchan
Prolific
Perterian
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searching for meaning in a meaningless world
comic relief
parody
absurdism
ambiguity
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measurement of feet in lines of poetry
enjambnant
meter
blank verse
tercet
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"Miners refuse to work after death" is an example of:
double entendre
tautalogy
pun
cliche
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In literature, tone is...
the emotion the reader feels from reading the work
The attitude expressed by the author through words & details
a steady periodic sound
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Story within a story
flashback
omniscent narrative
ambiguity
frame narrative
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How many quatrains in a sonnet?
2
1
4
3
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emotional tone in a work of literature evoked by diction, syntax, themes, symbolism, events
moral
tone
metonymy
mood
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Another word for Zeugma is:
ambiguity
versimilitude
synesthesia
syllepsis
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An apostrophe, as a literary device, is:
A direct address to someone not present
A punctuation mark indicating omitted letters
Common biblical allusion. Synonym to disciple
Weakness following inactivity
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"M
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n s
e
ll the w
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dding b
e
lls" is chiefly an example of:
allusion
alliteration
archetype
assonance
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"The truth is rarely simple and never ___"
right
noble
complex
pure
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Language of everyday use
bombast
archaic
colloquial
diction