
AP Literary Terms
Authored by Ryan Priest
English
12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The major unit of a drama or play.
Act
Scene
Plot
Script
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A contemporary story that is told in many rumored versions that have little basis in fact.
Allegory
Ballad
Fable
Urban Legend
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A short poem that seeks to ridicule a thought or event using witticism of sarcasm.
Limerick
Epigram
Epic
Couplet
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A recurring object, concept, or structure in a work of literature.
Trait
Motif
Metaphor
Idiom
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When the whole is represented by naming only one of its parts.
Synecdoche
Character
Connecting
Chliche
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere within a line of poetry
Rhythm
Consonance
Alliteration
Repetition
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A lyric poem of some length, usually of serious or meditative nature.
Legend
Myth
Ode
Sonnet
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.10
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