AP Terms_#61-70

What does "explicate" mean?

• To explain too much.

• The interpretation or analysis of a text.

• To complicate your explanation.

• It's not even an actual word.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is an "extended metaphor"?

• A very difficult metaphor.

• A metaphor that is tall or robust.

• A metaphor that covers a lot of stuff.

• A series of comparisons between two unlike objects.

Answer explanation

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A short tale often featuring nonhuman characters that act as people whose actions enable the author to make observations or draw useful lessons about human behavior is called a(n)...

• flashback

• fable

• fantasy

• farce

Answer explanation

A flashback is...

• A narrative told by a character involved in the story, using first-person pronouns such as I and we.

• A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances.

• A short tale often featuring nonhuman characters that act as people whose actions enable the author to make observations or draw useful lessons about human behavior.

• The action in a play or story that occurs after the climax and that leads to the conclusion and often to the resolution of the conflict.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Falling action is...

• Where the setting or exposition is found.

• Always found before the climax.

• Where we have dialogue between characters.

• The action in a play or story that occurs after the climax and that leads to the conclusion and often to the resolution of the conflict.

Answer explanation

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

"A story containing unreal, imaginary features" defines which AP term?

• fantasy

• historical realism

• fables

• epistolary novels

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which defines "farce"?

• A narrative told by a character involved in the story, using first-person pronouns such as I and we.

• A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances.

• A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious, scornful purpose.

• A unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line.

Answer explanation

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

"A narrative told by a character involved in the story, using first-person pronouns such as I and we" is called...

• first-person narrative

• third-person narrative

• a lyrical poem

• 2nd-person narrative

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"Figurative language" means...

• A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious, scornful purpose.

• A short tale often featuring nonhuman characters that act as people whose actions enable the author to make observations or draw useful lessons about human behavior.

• The interpretation or analysis of a text.

• In contrast to literal language, this usage implies meanings. Metaphors, similes, and per-sonification are examples.

Answer explanation

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A metrical foot is...

• A kind of poetry.

• Long poems usually about a hero.

• a unit of sound with stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line. e.g.- u / = iamb / u = trochee

• unit of heat, like a calorie

Answer explanation

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9