AP Lit Poetry Terms

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English
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12th Grade
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Katherine Hogan
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Comparison between two things that use helping verbs "like" "as" "than" or "resembles"
simile
metaphor
personification
conceit
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
A comparison between two things that does NOT use any helping verbs
simile
metaphor
personification
conceit
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
an extended metaphor with complex logic or a startling comparison - takes places over an entire passage or poem
simile
personification
conceit
apostrophe
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.7
CCSS.RI.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.7
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
a special kind of metaphor that gives human attributes to a nonhuman object, such as an animal, object, or concept
personfication
simile
conceit
apostrophe
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.7
CCSS.RI.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.7
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Occurs when a poem's speaker addresses someone absent, someone dead, or something nonhuman as if it were present and could respond
apostrophe
conceit
paradox
metonomy
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The use of the part for the whole
Synecdoche
Metonymy
Personiciation
Simile
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 use of something closely related for the thing actually meant ie using blood for "life"
metonymy
synedoche
personification
paradox
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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