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AP Lit Terms

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

12th Grade

CCSS covered

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AP Lit Terms
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

(in poetry) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza

metaphor

enjambment

allusion

simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

an expression designed to call something (literary work, historical event, person) to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

allusion

alliteration

assonance

apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

elegy

hyperbole

satire

epic

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force. Macbeth did this

usurp

uncrown

unsettle

unkempt

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative takes place before that of a preexisting work or a sequel.

Prequel

Rising action

Genre

Memoir

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something?

simile

onomatopoeia

diatribe

illustrate

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite

dirge

burlesque

parody

pun

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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