AP Literary Terms Quiz 9

James, Arjun, and Avery are participating in a school debate. Which term best describes their need to adhere to accepted standards of conduct and exhibit proper behavior during the debate?

• decorum

• stanza

• anecdote

• aphorism

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Luna, Avery, and Benjamin are in a poetry club. They came across a term that describes a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem. Can you help them identify the term?

• stanza

• refrain

• lyric

• dissonance

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Imagine Aiden, Benjamin, and Lily are in a poetry club. They are discussing a particular technique where one or more phrases or lines are repeated at definite intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza. Can you guess what this technique is called?

• refrain

• lyric

• parody

• rhapsody

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During a lively book club discussion, Ava, Ethan, and Harper were debating about the main idea of a story. What do you think they were discussing?

• theme

• foil

• anecdote

• farce

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Imagine you're in a poetry club with David, Sophia, and Mia. You're discussing different types of poetry and someone mentions a category that expresses emotion, often in a songlike way. Can you name this type of poetry?

• lyric

• stanza

• refrain

• requiem

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Imagine Benjamin, Liam, and Avery are characters in a play. Which term would you use to describe Avery if his personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of Benjamin and Liam?

• foil

• parody

• aphorism

• farce

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Avery, David, and Sophia are in a literature class. Their teacher asks them to identify a term for a short narrative. What term are they looking for?

• anecdote

• parody

• aphorism

• farce

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Abigail, Ava, and Hannah are in a band. They are trying to create a song that has the repetition of vowel sounds. What is this technique called?

• assonance

• dissonance

• refrain

• theme

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Imagine Benjamin, Henry, and Nora are in a drama class. They are asked to perform a work that imitates another in a ridiculous manner. What is this type of work called?

• parody

• farce

• assonance

• dissonance

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Evelyn, Mason, and Ethan are in a band. They noticed that when they play certain notes together, it creates a harsh and grating sound. What is this phenomenon called?

• dissonance

• assonance

• theme

• requiem

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