AP English Lit Vocabulary Quiz 1

What is the definition of the word 'Letter'?

• A written symbol or character representing a speech sound and being a part of an alphabet.

• A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought or syntactic unit.

• A contrast in storytelling, as in a play or novel, between what a character believes is true, as revealed by dialogue or action, and what the audience or reader knows is true.

• A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.

What is the definition of the word 'Allegory'?

• A written symbol or character representing a speech sound and being a part of an alphabet.

• A poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.

• An event, circumstance, etc, that happens before another.

• A terse saying embodying a general truth or astute observation, as 'Art is long, life is short.'

What is the definition of the word 'Antecedent'?

• A poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.

• An event, circumstance, etc, that happens before another.

• A terse saying embodying a general truth or astute observation, as 'Art is long, life is short.'

• An archaic word, phrase, idiom, or other expression.

What is the definition of the word 'Aphorism'?

• A terse saying embodying a general truth or astute observation, as 'Art is long, life is short.'

• An archaic word, phrase, idiom, or other expression.

• A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought or syntactic unit.

• A contrast in storytelling, as in a play or novel, between what a character believes is true, as revealed by dialogue or action, and what the audience or reader knows is true.

What is the definition of the word 'Archaism'?

• An archaic word, phrase, idiom, or other expression.

• A poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.

• An interchange of position of adjacent objects in a sequence, especially a change in normal word order, such as the placement of a verb before its subject.

• A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.

What is the definition of the word 'Couplet'?

• A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought or syntactic unit.

• A written symbol or character representing a speech sound and being a part of an alphabet.

• A contrast in storytelling, as in a play or novel, between what a character believes is true, as revealed by dialogue or action, and what the audience or reader knows is true.

• A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.

What is the definition of the term 'Dramatic Irony'?

• A pleasing sound, especially in speech.

• To present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand.

• A contrast in storytelling, as in a play or novel, between what a character believes is true, as revealed by dialogue or action, and what the audience or reader knows is true.

• A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.

What is the definition of the word 'Euphony'?

• A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.

• A pleasing sound, especially in speech.

• A poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.

• An event, circumstance, etc, that happens before another.

What is the definition of the term 'Foreshadowing'?

• A poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.

• To present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand.

• A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.

• An archaic word, phrase, idiom, or other expression.

What is the definition of the term 'Gothic (Novel)'?

• (sometimes not capital) of or relating to a literary style characterized by gloom, the grotesque, and the supernatural, popular especially in the late 18th century.

• A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.

• A poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.

• An interchange of position of adjacent objects in a sequence, especially a change in normal word order, such as the placement of a verb before its subject.