AP English group 5 vocab

What is the definition of counterexample?

• A word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical effect

• An example that opposes or contradicts an idea/theory

• Reference placed at bottom of the page

• An example of numbers

Which are NOT examples of hyperbole?

• Sally sat by the sea shore

• You were brave as a lion

• You drove 500 miles an hour back there

• I am dying of thirst

What is the definition of an extended metaphor?

• A comparison of two objects using like or as

• A comparison of two objects not using like or as

• Difference continued in a sentence with two or more references

• A comparison that is continued in a piece of literature for more than a single reference

What is the meaning of extended simile?

• A comparison continued in a piece of literature for more than one reference

• A detailed comparison of two things alike in more than two references

• A detailed comparison in the form of a simile that are many lines in length

• A longer simile

What is the meaning of figure of speech?

• A reference placed at the top of the page

• A word/phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect.

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken seriously

• Statements meant to bring a dramatic effect to a piece of text

What is a footnote?

• A reference placed on the sides of the page

• A reference placed at the top of a page

• A reference placed at the bottom of a page

• Images placed on the bottom of a page

What are examples of figure of speech?

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

What is a homily?

• A priest speech meant to convert the audience to their beliefs

• A sermon or speech delivered typically by a member of the clergy whose purpose is to offer a moral change in direction

• A speech meant to inform an audience on different religions in the form of a sermon

• A special home for priests to pray and speak in peace

What is the meaning of cynicism?

• A showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty and morality by one's actions

• A showing emotion to a person's actions

• A sermon meant to offer moral change in direction

• A psychotic reference to a person with no empathy

What is the meaning of a hyperbole?

• A contradictory terms appear in conjunction

• An exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken seriously

• A comparison of two objects using like or as

• A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words