AP Lit. Literary terms final

the difference between a Shakespearean and Petrarchan sonnet

• Shakespearean is a lyrical poem while petrarchan is not

• petrarchan is about love and Shakespearean is about sorrow

• Shakespearean rhymes and petrarchan has 14 lines total in the poem

• petrarchan is divided into octave while Shakespearean is divided into 3 quatrins

what is the definition of

imagery in literature?

• its about painting pictures in your mind just to make the book seem more interesting

• its figurative language that visually describes

  a person, place, or thing in a book

• its using fancy words to beef up the story to make it sound more interesting

• imaginary is when you read a book with illustrations in it

what is not a villanelle poem?

• is divided into 2 line stanzas

• has 19 lines

• does not rhyme

• villanelle poems only talk about sorrow

which of these are examples of irony? mark all answers that apply

• the man laughed at his brother when he fell in the lake

• Mary mocked her sister for hurting her leg after she took a spill down the stairs but as she was laughing at her sister she missed a step and also fell down the stairs

• Hubert always thought that that he was the best at math in the school but a transfer student came along and stole the title from him

• macro leaned over the railing to gaze at the koi in the pond but he fell in head first his sister laughed at him calling him dumb but as she leaned on the railing it collapsed sending her into the pond

what is true about a limerick poem?

• it is a 3 verse and 2 line sad themed poem

• it is a Italian love poem

• it is a humors/ rhythmic poem

• it is a nonrhythmic/ serious poem

what makes a poem, a epic poem ? choose all that apply

• is about heroic deeds

• about serious subjects

• is a narrative poem

• talks about superheros

what is included in a sestina poem?

• has 6 stanzas and 5 lines no fixed pattern

• has 6 stanzas and 6 lines no fixed pattern

• has 6 stanzas and 5 lines has fixed pattern

• has 6 stanzas and 6 lines has fixed pattern

a pantoum poem... (check all that apply)

• has maylay verses

• is a lyrical poem

• has 3 stanzas and 4 lines

• repeating lines

the definition of synesthesia is...

• a literary technique that describes the characters in the more clearly

• a literary technique that allows the author to check if there story is good enough to publish

• a literary technique that allows authors to give the story a better use of vocabulary

• a literary technique used to help a person place or thing in a book to appeal to one or more of the readers senses