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GTHS AP Lit Terms

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The atmosphere suggested by the structure and style of the poem

a)

Mood

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Metaphor

d)

Tone

2.

Writer's attitude toward the audience or subject, implied or related directly

a)

Persona

b)

Personification

c)

Irony

d)

Tone

3.
What is the definition of PERSONIFICATION?
a)
Giving an inanimate object human like qualities or form
b)
A figure of speech that compares unlike objects
c)
A figurative comparison using the words "like" or "as"
d)
The repetition of one or more initial consonant in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose. writers use this for ornament or for emphasis
4.
extreme exaggeration
a)
litotes
b)
metonymy
c)
hyperbole
d)
understatement
5.
repetition of vowel sounds in non rhyming words
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
euphony
d)
euphemism
6.
a reference to something famous
a)
allusion
b)
hyperbole
c)
illusion
d)
hyperbola
7.
repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or end of words
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
dissonance
8.
a fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor
a)
eulogy
b)
conceit
c)
ode
d)
ballad
9.
A figure of speech in which a part is substituted for the whole.
a)
Synecdoche
b)
Metonymy
c)
Meter
d)
Aside
10.
The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe. Words such as buzz and crack.
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Synecdoche
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Metonymy
11.
a lament for the dead 
a)
Elegy 
b)
Villanelle 
c)
Sestina 
d)
Ode 
12.

Imagery

a)

The use of images to make a point

b)

the use of images in a pattern to appeal to the reader's senses

c)

the use of images to create poetry

d)

the use of images to better reproduce a character

13.

A comparison between two unlike things

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

analogy

d)

personification

14.

An item that represents itself but also a more global or thematic idea

a)

symbol

b)

metonymy

c)

edict

d)

zeugma

15.

Theme

a)

the conflict within a story

b)

an inciting incident that provokes change

c)

a way to grow as a person

d)

central idea of a work developed over time

16.

Repetition of a consonance sound at the beginning of the words

a)

Consonance

b)

Assonance

c)

Sibilance

d)

Alliteration

17.

A comparison using like or as

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

conceit

d)

litotes

18.
The bruise on George’s foot felt as big as an elephant. 
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
19.
The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. 
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
20.
After the walk through the dessert, Kim’s tongue felt dry as a bone. 
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
21.
Mom was a busy bee as she prepared for the holiday party.
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Contradiction
22.
 Which sentence is a metaphor?
a)
Getting all of the kids into the car was like herding cattle.
b)
 All 6 of the family members were packed into the car like sardines.
c)
 Jennie felt like the car was as cramped as a coffin!
d)
The car was a speeding bullet, flying down the road to get to the wedding on time. 
23.
Treasure Island (an excerpt) 
by Robert Louis Stevenson

I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow – a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his soiled blue coat, his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails, and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white. I remember him looking round the cover and whistling to himself as he did so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song that he sang so often afterwards.
What does the IMAGERY used in the first paragraph tell the reader about the captain?
a)
He is in need of first aid.
b)
He is likely carrying treasure in his sea-chest.
c)
He has grown frail and tired with old age.
d)
He has had a rough and adventurous life.
24.
adding human characteristics to non-living objects
Ex. "the afternoon sun sliced through the cracks of barn walls"
a)
hyperbole
b)
symbolism
c)
imagery
d)
personification
25.

Which of the following is an example of personification?

a)

The wind howled in the dark night sky.

b)

The trees were a beautiful color, like the bright orange of sunset.

c)

Her hair was dark as night.

d)

His mother yelled at him like a banshee.

26.

Describes a line of poetry in which the sense and grammatical construction continues on to the next line

a)

Free Verse

b)

Enjambment

c)

Iambic Pentameter

d)

Refrain

27.
a)
acrostic
b)
allusion
c)
alliteration
d)
assonance
28.
Chocolate is my Achilles' heel
a)
allusion
b)
allegory
c)
ambiguity
29.
Chocolate is my Achilles' heel
a)
allusion
b)
allegory
c)
ambiguity
30.

Defn: the arrangement of words and phrases within a sentence or paragraph

a)

blank verse

b)

syntax

c)

catharsis

d)

diction

31.

Ex. - The curtain of night fell.

a)

metaphor

b)

alliteration

c)

blank verse

d)

catharsis

32.

Ex. - a rough and ready wrangler

a)

assonance

b)

imagery

c)

alliteration

d)

metaphor

33.
What is a lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject.
a)
hymn
b)
sonnet
ode
sonnet
c)
ode
d)
rhyme
34.
Which of the following defines PENTAMETER?
a)
A line of poetry containing five syllables
b)
A work of literature that divides into five sections
c)
A story consisting of five conflicts
d)
A verse with five poetic feet per line
35.
What is a four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem referred to as? 
a)
Limerick
b)
Couplet
c)
Quatrain
d)
Haiku
36.
Which of the following is an example of synecdoche?
a)
This house is as small as a mouse.
b)
I can't believe my eyes!
c)
I have four mouths to feed at home.
d)
Unique New York
37.
What is the definition of scansion?
a)
A piece of writing that reveals weaknesses
b)
A story containing unreal or imaginary features
c)
The grating of incompatible sounds
d)
The act of determining the meter of a poetic line
38.

a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole.

a)

synecdoche

b)

anaphora

c)

chiasmus

d)

zeugma

39.

(in poetry) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza

a)

metaphor

b)

enjambment

c)

allusion

d)

simile

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