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AP Lang Vocab Set 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
She's gone to a better place is a euphemism for...
a)
She's on vacation
b)
She's dead
c)
She's left the country
d)
She's in Florida
2.

What is a hyperbole?

a)

A comparison using "like" or "as".

b)

A statement that gives non-human objects human characteristics.

c)

An exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

d)

an expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning.

3.

Identify the literal meaning of the idiom in bold. After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces.

a)

a. Cassie was doing very little to entertain her nieces.

b)

b. Cassie was making small efforts to entertain her nieces.

c)

c. Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces.

d)

d. Cassie was not trying at all to entertain her nieces.

4.

Choose the correct imperative sentence according to the image:

a)

Don´t arrive late to class!

b)

Don´t do the homework !

c)

Let me eat hamburgers !

5.
The type of reasoning where a person makes  conclusions based on observations and patterns is called...
a)
Inductive reasoning
b)
Deductive reasoning
c)
Conjecture
d)
Experiments
6.
Rachel was on her way to volunteer at the animal shelter.  She was very excited!  She really liked dogs.  Her brother was allergic to dogs, however, so she was rarely around them.  Rachel had a lot of fun playing with the puppies, but after her shift, itchy bumps appeared on her arms.
It is likely that:
a)
Mosquitoes bit Rachel
b)
Rachel is allergic to dogs, too
c)
Rachel fell in poison ivy
d)
Rachel was already sick
7.
harsh, abusive language
a)
invective
b)
austere
c)
ingenuous
d)
devoid
8.

Which is an example of inverted syntax?

a)

I am walking in the woods.

b)

I walk in the woods.

c)

In the woods I am walking.

d)

The woods are being walked in.

9.

What is verbal irony?

a)

when someone says the opposite of what they mean

b)

when the opposite of what we expect to happen, happens

c)

when the audience knows something that the characters don't

10.

What is situational irony?

a)

when someone says the opposite of what they mean

b)

when the opposite of what we expect to happen, happens.

c)

when the audience knows something that the character don't

11.

Why would a writer use juxtaposition?

a)

To surprise the reader

b)

To create startling contrasts between two objects or ideas

c)

To control the pacing of a text

d)

To add a sense of musicality

12.

What is this an example of: "They don’t exactly have an ordinary relationship." ?

a)

Litotes

b)

Allusion

c)

Hyperbole

13.

Which of the following appeals to logic?

a)

Ethos

b)

Logos

c)

Pathos

14.

Which of the following appeals to emotion?

a)

Ethos

b)

Logos

c)

Pathos

15.

What is the malapropism in this example?


"Grandpa had surgery to remove the cadillacs from his eyes."

a)

surgery

b)

remove

c)

cadillacs

d)

eyes

16.
Mom was a busy beaver as she prepared for the holiday party.
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
17.

Explain the relationship between motif and theme:

a)

There is no connection

b)

They are the same

c)

Motif helps reader understand the theme

18.

What is this an example of: We should stop using hairspray because it is snowing in New York.

a)

hasty generalization

b)

non sequitur

c)

ad hominem

d)

moral equivalence

19.
"Water is cheaper than diamonds, yet humans need water, not diamonds, to survive."
a)
hyperbole
b)
paradox
c)
allusion 
d)
simile
20.

Parody is

a)

an in-depth study of a well known piece of work.

b)

an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for criticism or to make a political statement.

c)

an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

d)

something that is in popular culture.