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AP English Language and Composition Terms

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9th - 12th Grade

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AP English Language and Composition Terms
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The repetition of sounds at the beginning of two or more neighboring words; Ex: Peter Piper Pizza

Allusion

Alliteration

Antecedent

Atmosphere

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A direct or indirect reference to something that is thought to be commonly known, can be a person, place, myth, event, historical, religious, literary, and more.

Allusion

Alliteration

Antecedent

Atmosphere

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun. Ex: "But it is the grandeur of all truth..." The _______ of "it" is "all truth" (Think "after")

Allusion

Alliteration

Antecedent

Atmosphere

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Created throughout a literary work, established partly by setting and author's choice of objects described. Can be used to foreshadow events or help to create mood.

Allusion

Alliteration

Antecedent

Atmosphere

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the feeling of a word.

Denotation

Clause

Connotation

Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.

Denotation

Clause

Connotation

Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word.

Denotation

Clause

Connotation

Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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