WorksheetsAP Lang Terms
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Figure of speech where author/speaker addresses an object, person or idea that is not present.
a)
Allegory
b)
Apostrophe
c)
Aphorism
d)
Anaphora
2.
More agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.
a)
Aphorism
b)
Euphemism
c)
Litotes
d)
Chiasmus
3.
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
a)
aphorism
b)
oxymoron
c)
fallacy
d)
metonomy
4.
Two items, ideas, characters, etc placed side by side for comparison. Sometimes intentional, Sometimes Not.
a)
Oxymoron
b)
Juxtaposition
c)
Allegory
d)
Litotes
5.
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.
a)
Apostrophe
b)
Anaphora
c)
Aphorism
d)
Ambiguity
6.
The meaning of a word, phrase, or sentence is uncertain. There could be more than one meaning
a)
Fallacy
b)
Ambiguity
c)
Didactic
d)
Chiasmus
7.
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to literal meaning
a)
Hypophora
b)
Metonomy
c)
Allegory
d)
Litotes
8.
Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed; usually through parallel structure
a)
Antithesis
b)
Colloqualism
c)
Euphemism
d)
Juxtaposition
9.
Intending to teach, especially in a highly moral manner; preachy
a)
Didactic
b)
Pendantic
c)
Hypophora
d)
Oxymoron
10.
The second half of a phrase reverses the order of the first half, to concentrate on the main point.
a)
Juxtaposition
b)
Colloqualism
c)
Hypophora
d)
Chiasmus
11.
Ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary
a)
Fallacy
b)
Euphemism
c)
Litotes
d)
Oxymoron
12.
The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant
a)
Oxymoron
b)
Litotes
c)
Apostrophe
d)
Metonymy
13.
An error in reasoning or logic; used to strengthen and weaken arguments.
a)
Didactic
b)
Fallacy
c)
Aphorism
d)
Colloqualism
14.
A pithy observation about life that contains an universal truth.
a)
Aphorism
b)
Anaphora
c)
Fallacy
d)
Colloqualism
15.
A figure of speech where the speaker asks a question or several questions and then answers them.
a)
Hypophora
b)
Chiasmus
c)
Rhetorical Question
d)
Litotes
16.
A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation.
a)
Colloqualism
b)
Chiasmus
c)
Hypophora
d)
Apostrophe
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