AP Lit Devices Mega List quiz

What is a conceit in poetry?

• A simple metaphor

• A fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor

• A type of rhyme scheme

• A form of personification

What does a metaphor do in poetry?

• Compares two things using "like" or "as"

• Compares two things directly without using "like" or "as"

• Repeats words or phrases

• Describes a nonhuman form as if it were a person

What one of the possible purposes of repetition in poetry?

• To create a rhyme scheme

• To emphasize a feeling or idea

• To describe a character

• To tell a story

What is a simile?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A type of rhyme scheme

• A narrative poem

• A form of allusion

What is the term for the moment when a poem shifts in thought, argument, or tone?

• Simile

• Volta/turn

• Allusion

• Personification

What is iambic pentameter?

• A type of metaphor

• The rhythm of the heartbeat

• A narrative poem

• A rhyme scheme

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• AABB CCDD EEFF GG

• ABCD EFGH IJKL MN

• ABBA CDDC EFFE GG

What is an allusion in literature?

• A detailed description of a character

• A brief reference to a person, place, or thing

• A type of rhyme scheme

• A form of personification

The flowers drooped pathetically in the garden, begging me for water.

• personification

• metaphor

• narrative poem

• allusion

What is a narrative poem?

• A poem that tells a story

• A poem with a specific rhyme scheme

• A poem that uses personification

• A poem that uses allusion