WorksheetsAP Lang Review 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a story within a story
a)
Anecdote
b)
Rhetorical analysis
c)
Exigence
d)
Rhetorical devices
2.
The manner in which words are arranged in a sentence
a)
syntax
b)
Diction
c)
antecedent
d)
connotation
3.
An expression that has been overused to the extent that it's freshness has worn off
a)
Didactic
b)
Cliche
c)
Jargon
d)
implication
4.
What is invective?
a)
A story or narrated attack
b)
intense, highly emotional verbal attack
c)
rhymes with detective
d)
Theme
5.
Placing two elements side by side to present a comparison and contrast *
a)
logos
b)
Dilemma
c)
Euphemis
d)
juxtaposition
6.
Scarcity will shun you,
Ceres' blessing so is upon you.
The repetition of phrases or words is at the end of successive sentences is an example of which of the following?
Ceres' blessing so is upon you.
The repetition of phrases or words is at the end of successive sentences is an example of which of the following?
a)
synechdoche
b)
alliteration
c)
Epistrophe
d)
vernacular language
7.
Which of the following is an example of Vernacular Language?
a)
Whan that Aprille, with hise shoures soote
b)
Seashells sang to sara on the beach.
c)
Trouble hid from the light as the sun began to rise.
d)
She grew to be so tall just like a giraffe.
8.
Example: He's certainly not short.
When describing a man who is 6'8''.
When describing a man who is 6'8''.
a)
understatement
b)
hyperbole
c)
lying
d)
synechdoche
9.
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
a)
Euphemism
b)
Colloquialism
c)
Figure of Speech
d)
Invective
10.
"To ere is human; to forgive, divine.
a)
Antithesis
b)
Paradox
c)
Cacaphony
d)
Allegory
11.
"To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, that is genius." (Emerson, Self-Reliance)
a)
Periodic Sentence
b)
Polysyndeton
c)
Portmanteau
d)
Synesthesia
12.
What is the following excerpt an example of ?
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. / Do not go gentle into that good night. / Rage, rage against the dying of the light. - Do not Go Gentle into that Good Night by Dylan Thomas
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. / Do not go gentle into that good night. / Rage, rage against the dying of the light. - Do not Go Gentle into that Good Night by Dylan Thomas
a)
compare and contrast
b)
juxtaposition
c)
simile
d)
personafication
13.
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
a)
Aphorism
b)
Anaphora
c)
Euphemism
d)
Juxtaposition
14.
If any, speak; for him have I offended.Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak; for him have i offended. (Julius Caesar)
a)
Anaphora
b)
Epistrophe
c)
Inversion
d)
Rhetorical Question
15.
Divided, there is little we can do. (John F. Kennedy)
a)
Inversion
b)
Asyndeton
c)
Jargon
d)
Euphemism
16.
"Let the whitefolks have their money and power and segregation and sarcasm and big houses and..."
a)
Polysyndeton
b)
Praetaritio
c)
Zeugma
d)
Epigram
17.
If voting changed anything, they would've made it illegal.
a)
Bombastic Language
b)
Satire
c)
Synecdoche
d)
Antithesis
18.
I asked the father for his daughter's hand
a)
Aphorism
b)
Chiasmus
c)
Polysyndeton
d)
Synecdoche
19.
Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?
a)
Bombastic Language
b)
Archaic Diction
c)
Colloquialism
d)
Epigram
20.
To go nuts---go insane or be very angry
Looking blue---looking sad
Looking blue---looking sad
a)
Cumulative Sentence
b)
Allegory
c)
Synecdoche
d)
Colloquialism
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