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