AP Lit Term Review

A synonym for "candid" is...

• Loathing

• Frank

• Sentimental

• Realistic

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Evasive means...

• Servile

• Confident

• Instructive

• Elusive

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In The Great Gatsby, this pair of characters serve as foils for one another.

• Tom Buchanan and George Wilson

• Myrtle Wilson and Jordan Baker

• Jay Gatsby and Meyer Wolfsheim

• Daisy Buchanan and Nick Carraway

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a motif in a literary work?

• A situation in which people are involved in conflicts that solicit the audience's empathetic involvement in their predicament

• A common idea, symbol, pattern, or character type which appears in a variety of stories

• A recurring image or idea that contributes to a theme in the work

• a figure of speech which refers to the juxtaposition of opposing or contrasting ideas

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Name a motif in one of the works we've read together this year as well as the theme it supports. For example, you might say that a motif in Macbeth is the interplay between light and dark, which helps to clarify the larger idea that ambition can corrupt previously well-intentioned people.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Check off the ways that an author might INCREASE the narrative pace of a work.

• Use shorter sentences and paragraphs

• Use more narrative, less dialogue

• Use more dialogue, less narrative

• Use fewer modifiers (adjectives and adverbs)

• Use more modifiers (adjectives and adverbs)

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Pragmatic can be defined as...

• Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way

• Truthful and straightforward

• Not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily

• Relating to matter-of -act or practical affairs, often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

An example of a didactic text might be...

• A literary classic

• A romance novel

• A children's story about sharing

• A Buzzfeed quiz

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"Sardonic" is a synonym for which of the following tone words:

• Insistent

• Caustic

• Arrogant

• Conciliatory

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Write a sentence that demonstrates polysyndeton.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4