AP Literature

a short narrative

• anecdote

• novel

• elegy

• lyric

Please fill in the blank with the correct word.

He looked at me with _ when I accused him of stealing.

• Moieties

• Kin

• Console

• Indignation

• Fawn

Please match the word to the correct part of speech.

Indignation

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

Which of the following is an example of an allusion?

• the book title Things Fall Apart

• Owl Eyes in The Great Gatsby

• Edna swimming to her death in The Awakening

• Layla likes lazing lately

When you disdain something, it means you have_______________________________.

• disgust for something

• psychic feeling about something

• craving for something

• fondness for something

To be whimsical means to be ____________

• mathematical and logical

• unconventional and playful

• impulsive and dangerous

• cavalier and careless

A revelation could be described as ________________

• inappropriate

• tasteful

• surprising

• offensive

One definition of subtle is ___________

• understated

• bland

• direct

• secretive

Which of the following would be considered a ‘colloquialism’ for a contemporary short story?

• S’up?

• Good day, sir.

• Ixnay on the Anguagelay

• How very droll!!!!!!

Rhetoric refers to ___________________

• flexibility

• oratory skill

• piousness

• irony