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AP Lang Terms and Concepts Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

[I]t is respectable to have no illusions--and safe--and profitable--and dull." (Joseph Conrad)

a)

polysyndeton

b)

metaphor

c)

anaphora

d)

asyndeton

2.

"and if I were young, and beautiful, and clever, and brilliant, and of a noble position."

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

polysyndeton

d)

epiphora

3.

It rained on his lousy tombstone, and it rained on the grass. It rained all over the place.

a)

personification

b)

antithesis

c)

anaphora

d)

epiphora

4.

"You're easy on the eyes. Hard on the heart." (Terri Clark)

a)

asyndeton

b)

antithesis

c)

imagery

d)

simile

5.

"She dealt with her moral problems as a cleaver deals with meat."

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

alliteration

6.

"The soul selects her own society." (Emily Dickinson)

a)

alliteration

b)

antithesis

c)

imagery

d)

paradox

7.

"Land ho! All hands on deck!"

a)

analogy

b)

simile

c)

synecdoche

d)

personification

8.

"Toilet paper became bathroom tissue. False teeth became dental appliances." (George Carlin)

a)

jargon

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

paradox

d)

euphemism

9.

"O stranger of the future! O inconceivable being!" (Billy Collins)

a)

synecdoche

b)

apostrophe

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

analogy

10.

"Through blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by sword." (Obama)

a)

epiphora

b)

paradox

c)

parallel structure

d)

hyperbole

11.

"We are not amused." (Queen Victoria)

a)

rhetorical question

b)

apostrophe

c)

litotes

d)

personification

12.

Which of the following appeals to emotion?

a)

Ethos

b)

Logos

c)

Pathos

13.

Which of the following appeals to credibility?

a)

Ethos

b)

Logos

c)

Pathos

14.

Which of the following appeals to logic?

a)

Ethos

b)

Logos

c)

Pathos

15.
A conclusion that does not clearly support the claim.
a)
Oversimplification
b)
Slippery Slope
c)
Non-sequitur
d)
Circular Argument
e)
Analogy
16.
This restates the argument rather than actually proving it.
a)
Slippery Slope
b)
Circular Argument
c)
Hyberole
d)
Non-sequitur
e)
Oversimplification
17.
Identify the metaphor
a)
My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments.
b)
My heart is a muscle.
c)
My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body.
d)
My heart is like a muscle.
18.

Juxtaposition is...

a)

The figurative comparison between two unlike things

b)

Placing two things side by side, usually to show contrast

c)

A position on the football field

d)

What readers do when they compare and contrast

19.

Why is this an example of juxtaposition?

a)

Because it shows foods that all belong in a freezer

b)

Because there is a figurative comparison between ice cream and lean cuisine

c)

Because the presence of the ice cream next to the lean cuisine emphasizes the contrast in this diet

d)

Because we all scream for ice cream!

20.

What is apostrophe?

a)

When the speaker asks a question.

b)

When the speaker addresses something/someone who is not there.

c)

When two items contradict one another.

d)

When the author refers to another piece of literature.

21.

What is an example of an apostrophe?

a)

Arguing with your teacher over a missing grade.

b)

Asking your mom if you can borrow the car.

c)

Telling your cat, "I'm sorry!"

d)

Asking God, "WHY ME?!"

22.
And up in the nursery, an absurd little bird is popping out to say “Cuckoo!”— The Sound of Music
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
slang
c)
anadiplosis
d)
vulgate
23.
The woods are getting ready to sleep -- they are not yet asleep but they are disrobing and are having all sorts of little bed-time conferences and whispers and good-nights — L.M. Montgomery, “The Green Gables Letters”
a)
personification
b)
imagery
c)
metaphor 
d)
simile
24.
I had to wait in the station for ten days–an eternity.—Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
a)
litotes
b)
paradox
c)
hyperbole
d)
hypotaxis
25.
New, and a bit alarming Who'd have ever thought that this could be? True, that he's no Prince Charming But there's something in him that I simply didn't see— “Something There” Beauty and the Beast
a)
litotes
b)
irony
c)
sarcasm
d)
paradox
26.
In formal logic, a structure of deductive logic in which correctly formed major and minor premises lead to a necessary conclusion. 
a)
Purpose
b)
Logos
c)
Tone
d)
Syllogism
27.
The writer's attitude toward his/her subject. 
a)
Form
b)
Tone
c)
Ethos
d)
Claim
28.

the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure -- may be in words or ideas or both.

a)

Antithesis

b)

Isocolon

c)

Parallelism

d)

Anastophe

e)

Parenthesis

29.

Identify the scheme in this example:

“Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure?”

(Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 1, by William Shakespeare)

a)

Polysyndeton

b)

Antithesis

c)

Asyndeton

30.

Identify the scheme in this example from Maya Angelou:


“Let the whitefolks have their money and power and segregation and sarcasm and big houses and schools and lawns like carpets, and books, and mostly–mostly–let them have their whiteness.”

a)

isocolon

b)

ellipses

c)

polysyndeton

31.

"When it's cold outside, I've got the month of May."

a)

antithesis

b)

parallelism

c)

chiamus

32.

The cow jumped over the moon, walked across a rainbow, stepped into the stardust, and traveled across my dreams.

a)

Parallelism

b)

Asyndeton

c)

Antithesis

33.
Statements: Some dogs are bats. Some bats are cats.

Conclusions:
Some dogs are cats.Some cats are dogs.
a)
Only (1) conclusion follows
b)
Only (2) conclusion follows
c)
Neither (1) nor (2) follows 
d)
Both (1) and (2) follow
34.
Statements: All the trucks are flies. Some scooters are flies.

Conclusions:
All the trucks are scooters.
Some scooters are trucks.
a)
Neither (1) nor (2) follows
b)
Only (2) conclusion follows
c)
Only (1) conclusion follows
d)
Both (1) and (2) follow
35.

What is this an example of? "Let me say this: I don't believe that I ought to quit, because I'm not a quitter. And, incidentally Pat is not a quitter.

a)

syllogistic reasoning

b)

inductive reasoning

c)

cause and effect reasoning

d)

circular reasoning

36.
form of reasoning in which we come to conclusions about the whole on the basis of observations of particular instances
a)
ambivalence
b)
deductive reasoning
c)
mirth
d)
inductive reasoning
37.
reaching a conclusion by starting with a general principle or universal truth (major premise) and applying to a specific case (minor premise)
a)
deductive reasoning
b)
polemic
c)
inductive reasoning
d)
bemusement
38.
the omission of conjunctions such as “and”, “or”, “for,” and “but” from a series of related phrases or clauses
a)
polysyndeton
b)
synec
c)
asyndeton
39.
the repetition of conjunctions such as “and”, “or”, “for,” and “but” in close succession, especially when most of them could be replaced with a comma
a)
metonymy
b)
asyndeton
c)
synecdoche
d)
polysyndeton
40.
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that refers to a part of something is substituted to stand in for the whole, or vice versa
a)
synecdoche
b)
epistrophe
c)
polysyndeton
d)
metonymy

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