AP Lang Vocabulary Quiz 1

There was such a joyful sadness in her beautiful face. What is the oxymoron?

• Beautiful Face
• Such a
• Joyful Sadness
• Beautiful 

What is a paradox?

• Repetition of the end of the sentence

• Repetition of the beginning of a sentence.

• Repetition of a phrase, but in reverse order.

• A statement that contradicts itself, and has no answer.

What’s a parable?

• A football move

• Something we use to watch TV

• A part of the Bible

• A short story that helps us learn a lesson about life

A logical fallacy in which the character of a person is attacked instead of their ideas or policies is ___. 

• Appeal to Fear
• Post Hoc
• Ad Hominem
• Hasty Generalization

What would be an example of anaphora

• She told him yesterday

  I'll tell him today

  he will be reminded of this.

  He should not forget.

• I told him yesterday

  I told him today

  I told him many times

  I'll remind him tomorrow

In war the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor.

• Understatement

• Hyperbole

• Anaphora

• Antithesis

all powerful

• omniscient

• omnipotent

• omnipresent

• eternal

The character Pollyanna, from Eleanor Porter's children's book, is a young girl who finds good in everything and everyone.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
"Tess is such a Pollyanna!" Liam announced with a sigh. 

• An extremely annoyed person
• A childish, selfish person 
• An overly optimistic person 
• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In 1815, French emperor Napoleon suffered a devastating defeat in the Battle of Waterloo, which would prove to be his final battle before he abdicated the throne.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Last night's playoff in the semifinals proved to be the team's Waterloo. 

• A final defeat 
• A surprise win 
• A final win
• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is an asyndeton?

• a word connecting two sentences (for, and, or, etc.)
• the absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence
• a repeating phrase
• a word used to connect ideas (however, therefore, etc.)