AP Lit Vocab Quiz 7

In a Halloween play, which character would be used to highlight the personality and attitude of the protagonist by having a contrasting personality and attitude?

• Accent

• Foil

• Cadence

• Canto

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During a Halloween party, you are asked to quickly explain the plot of a horror movie to a friend. What is the term for presenting the main points in a concise form?

• Summary

• Bombast

• Melodrama

• Oxymoron

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During a Halloween poetry reading, what is the basic unit of rhythmic measurement in a line of the spooky poem?

• Foot

• Hubris

• Lampoon

• Rhapsody

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During Halloween, what would you call the informal words or expressions used by trick-or-treaters that are not usually acceptable in formal writing?

• Colloquialism

• Parallelism

• Refrain

• Utopia

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In the context of writing a Halloween story, what is the use of a series of spooky descriptions, eerie phrases, or chilling sentences that have similar grammatical form?

• Parallelism

• Connotation

• Aphorism

• Cadence

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What is the implied or associative meaning of the word 'Halloween'?

• Connotation

• Accent

• Anticlimax

• Cacophony

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During a Halloween party, a spooky poem is being recited. What is it called when one or more phrases or lines are repeated at definite intervals, usually at the end of a stanza?

• Refrain

• Foil

• Foot

• Hubris

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During a Halloween party, what would you call the harsh, jarring, discordant sounds coming from the haunted house setup?

• Cacophony

• Aphorism

• Anticlimax

• Bombast

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During a Halloween poetry recital, what refers to the stressed portion of a word in a spooky poem?

• Accent

• Summary

• Foot

• Colloquialism

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What would you call a disappointing end to an exciting series of Halloween events?

• Anticlimax

• Canto

• Lampoon

• Melodrama

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