AP English Literature and Composition 3rd quarter exam revie

The metal band sounded salty like sweat.

• synecdoche

• metonymy

• metaphor

• synesthesia

"All hands on deck!"

• metonymy

• synesthesia

• synecdoche

• symbolism

The big house - to refer to prison

My brother was just released from the big house.

• metonymy

• synecdoche

• synesthesia

• paradox

When we simply see Einstein’s iconic face on a T-shirt, book cover, or advertisement, we immediately know that whoever put that image there was trying to say something related to extreme intelligence.

• simile

• symbol

• synesthesia

• synecdoche

A sister walks into her brother's messy apartment and says, "I see you're still the king of clean!"

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• paradox

• situational irony

In "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant, a woman borrows what she thinks is a costly necklace from a friend and loses it. She and her husband sacrifice to replace it, only to learn years later that the necklace was a fake.

• dramatic irony

• sarcasm

• situational irony

• verbal irony

In the Star Wars movies, Luke does not know Darth Vader is his father until Episode V, but the audience knows sooner.

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• synesthesia

“Shoes, my beautiful new shoes. You’ll look great with my black plaid skirt.”

• personification

• apostrophe

• metonymy

• synecdoche

The room had a light purple smell, of the glorious bounty of spring.

• metaphor

• simile

• synesthesia

• synecdoche

Amazingly awful.

• paradox

• pun

• metaphor

• oxymoron