AP Vocab Quiz - Satire

This is an example of

• Juxtaposition

• Understatement

• Epigram

• Pun

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

"Googling" is a recently coined word or a

• Epigram

• overstatement

• pun

• neologism

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Bonus! A neologism that combine two words to create a new word (ex: hungry + angry = hangry; Romantic + comedy = romcom)

• Hyperbole

• Portmanteau

• Pun

• Parody

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Animal Farm is an example of this, which allowed for Orwell to poke fun at the government without offending his audience.

• Satire

• Tragedy

• Anachronism

• Malapropism

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A cell phone in a production of Romeo and Juliet or a coffee cup in a scene from Game of Thrones, is an example of this.

• Parody

• Anachronism

• Double Entendre

• Pun

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CCSS.L.8.5A

an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

• Pun

• Epigram

• Neologism

• Parody

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

a figure of speech in which a speaker says one thing but means another. It comes in several forms and is used to bring humor to a situation, foreshadow events to come or introduce a sense of foreboding.

• Verbal Irony

• High comedy

• Parody

• Malapropism

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

a word or phrase open to two interpretations, one of which is usually risqué or indecent; a pun can be used to create a double entendre. Example: Mercutio: ‘Tis no less, I tell you; for the bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the prick of noon.

• Low comedy

• Overstatement

• Double Entendre

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Another word for overstatement is

• Pun

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Parody

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect. Example: putting an elephant next to a mouse.

• Hyperbole

• Juxtaposition

• Neologism

• Epigram

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5