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AP English group 5 vocab

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of counterexample?

a)

A word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical effect

b)

An example that opposes or contradicts an idea/theory

c)

Reference placed at bottom of the page

d)

An example of numbers

2.

Which are NOT examples of hyperbole?

a)

Sally sat by the sea shore

b)

You were brave as a lion

c)

You drove 500 miles an hour back there

d)

I am dying of thirst

3.

What is the definition of an extended metaphor?

a)

A comparison of two objects using like or as

b)

A comparison of two objects not using like or as

c)

Difference continued in a sentence with two or more references

d)

A comparison that is continued in a piece of literature for more than a single reference

4.

What is the meaning of extended simile?

a)

A comparison continued in a piece of literature for more than one reference

b)

A detailed comparison of two things alike in more than two references

c)

A detailed comparison in the form of a simile that are many lines in length

d)

A longer simile

5.

What is the meaning of figure of speech?

a)

A reference placed at the top of the page

b)

A word/phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect.

c)

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken seriously

d)

Statements meant to bring a dramatic effect to a piece of text

6.

What is a footnote?

a)

A reference placed on the sides of the page

b)

A reference placed at the top of a page

c)

A reference placed at the bottom of a page

d)

Images placed on the bottom of a page

7.

What are examples of figure of speech?

a)

Idiom

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Oxymoron

8.

What is a homily?

a)

A priest speech meant to convert the audience to their beliefs

b)

A sermon or speech delivered typically by a member of the clergy whose purpose is to offer a moral change in direction

c)

A speech meant to inform an audience on different religions in the form of a sermon

d)

A special home for priests to pray and speak in peace

9.

What is the meaning of cynicism?

a)

A showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty and morality by one's actions

b)

A showing emotion to a person's actions

c)

A sermon meant to offer moral change in direction

d)

A psychotic reference to a person with no empathy

10.

What is the meaning of a hyperbole?

a)

A contradictory terms appear in conjunction

b)

An exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken seriously

c)

A comparison of two objects using like or as

d)

A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words

11.

What is the meaning of hypothetical example?

a)

A complicated topic that needs explaining with a life story

b)

A fictional example an author uses to validate a claim in a piece of literature

c)

An example that opposes or contradicts an idea or theory

d)

A fictional example that can be used by speaker when a complicated topic needs explaining