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AP Lang Terms

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

11th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Figure of speech where author/speaker addresses an object, person or idea that is not present.

Allegory

Apostrophe

Aphorism

Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences.

Apostrophe

Anaphora

Aphorism

Ambiguity

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed; usually through parallel structure

Antithesis

Colloqualism

Euphemism

Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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More agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.

Aphorism

Euphemism

Litotes

Chiasmus

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Pick the term that matches the definition: an urgent need or demand, a spark

Chiasmus

Allusion

Line of reasoning

Exigence

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does "Antecedent" mean?

The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun

The literal, explicit meaning of a word

Language or dialect of a particular country

Language or dialect of a regional clan or group

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

aphorism

oxymoron

fallacy

metonomy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

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