Part 2 AP Lit Vocabulary Self-Awareness Quiz

Which term means "a pause near the middle of the line"?

• caesura

• anaphora

• iamb

• trochee

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which term means "the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses"?

• anaphora

• apostrophe

• assonance

• cacophony

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which term means "the use of similar sounds, esp. vowels, in two or more words, as in 'mellow wedding bells'"?

• assonance

• consonance

• motif

• enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

Which term means "a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, such as 'describe'"?

• iamb

• trochee

• bildungsroman

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which term means "a foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable, such as 'garden'"?

• trochee

• foil

• iamb

• meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which term means "a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died"?

• eulogy

• elegy

• allegory

• anecdote

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which term means "a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist"?

• bildungsroman

• allegory

• catharsis

• foil

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is this an example of?

Great, or good, or kind, or fair,

I will ne’er the more despair;

• consonance

• apostrophe

• cacophony

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Robert Louis Stevenson's characters Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are examples of what?

• foil

• bildungsroman

• allegory

• paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Which poetic device does T.S. Eliot use in this excerpt from "The Waste Land"?

April is the cruelest month, breeding

Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing

Memory and desire, stirring

Dull roots with spring rain.

• enjambment

• apostrophe

• caesura

• motif

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4