Ap Literature Terms (Abstract-Catharsis)

What is an abstract term?

• A term referring to a specific, particular thing

• A term referring to a broad concept

• A term referring to a physical object

• A term referring to a historical event

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which of the following is an example of an abstract term?

• Seamus Heaney

• Mercy

• A Grecian Urn

• John Keats

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the literary device called that involves the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following lines from the example provided best illustrates alliteration?

• Methinks ‘tis pretty sport to hear a child

• Rocking a word in mouth yet undefiled

• The tender racquet rudely plays the sound

• Which, weakly bandied, cannot back rebound

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is an analogy?

• A direct comparison between two identical items

• A comparison made between two items, situations, or ideas that are somewhat alike but unalike in most respects

• A detailed description of a single item

• A list of differences between two items

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What literary device is demonstrated by the repetition of the words at the beginning of phrases?

• Metaphor

• Anaphora

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What season is associated with adolescence symbolically?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Autumn

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CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is an apostrophe in literature?

• A punctuation mark used to indicate possession

• A direct address to an abstract, thing, animal, or absent person

• A type of poem

• A form of dialogue between characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following is an example of an apostrophe?

• A character speaking to another character

• A character addressing the audience

• Macbeth talking to the dagger

• A narrator describing a scene

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the term used to describe the feeling created for the reader by a work of literature?

• Theme

• Plot

• Atmosphere

• Character

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3