WorksheetsAP Lit Review
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 43mins
Love is an ideal thing; marriage is a real thing.
Apostrophe
Anapest
Antithesis
Anecdote
April is the cruelest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Internal Rhyme
Heroic Couplets
Enjambment
Denouement
14 line poem that has quatrains and a rhyming couplet
Shakespearean sonnet
Petrarchan sonnet
Litotes
Hubris
What's the setting of Frankenstein?
1600s
1700s
1800s
1900s
When Romeo poisons himself because he believes that Juliet is dead (but the audience knows she is actually just asleep), this is an example of...
symbolism
situational irony
deus ex machina
dramatic irony
Choose the term that matches the definition:
the revelation of background information about the setting, characters, and story
climax
foreshadowing
exposition
conflict
Choose the term that matches the definition:
the feelings evoked in the reader/audience through words and descriptions
tone
mood
point of view
subject
Point of view can include which of the following?
[SELECT ALL THAT APPLY]
the revelation of background information about the setting, characters, and story
the vantage point from which the author tells a story
the narrator's position in relation to the story being told
what a poem, story, play, or novel is about; distinct from theme, story, and plot
In the music video for "Oops...I Did It Again" by Britney Spears, a man gives her a gift: the necklace that the old lady drops into the ocean at the end of Titanic.
This is an example of...
genre
motif
allusion
style
Which of the following is the best example of dialect?
"What's the matter with you? Be a man!"
"Oh my gawd, theenk yew! This is ameezang."
"I will sell you this pancake for twenty dollars."
"There is no gene for the human spirit."
Which of the following could be considered a genre?
[SELECT ALL THAT APPLY]
paper
poetry
mystery
science fiction
drama
In Zadie Smith's White Teeth, teeth can best be considered...
a theme
a conflict
a style
a motif
Which term describes "a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme"?
stanza
couplet
volta
iamb
"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
This quotation is an example of:
metaphor
juxtaposition
denotation
simile
Connotation is...
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests
analytical notes that provide the architecture for strong literary thinking
the process for appropriately citing textual references within an MLA-formatted paper
What is missing from this sentence analyzing imagery?
"T. S. Elliot employs diction like 'cheap hotels,' 'drains,' and 'soot' to highlight the harsh aspects of life in the city."
The author's purpose in writing with imagery like this
Strong examples and direct references to the text that fit together
An adjective characterizing the common traits of the diction referenced
Strong verbs analyzing the author's choices
The title of the television program Big Little Lies is an example of...
imagery
diction
symbolism
paradox
Which of the following is a metaphor?
[SELECT ALL THAT APPLY]
"You're not my friend anymore because you've stabbed me in the back."
"What you said about me is more upsetting than anything anyone has ever said to me in my life."
"I will never be able to trust you again because you are a snake."
"Your words are poison."
Which of the following is an example of something that blood can symbolize?
Guilt
Hope
Forgetfulness
Wealth
Which of the following is ironic?
A train arriving to the station several minutes late.
A bird outside a cage staring in at a cat who is trapped in the cage.
Burning your hands because you forgot oven mitts.
Losing your wallet when you are about to go on a long trip.
The appeal to logic, to appeal to the audiences' sense of reason or logic is the definition of
Logos
Ethos
Pathos
Simile
Her voice was clear as a bell is an example of
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Simile
A newspaper article shows a histogram displaying the average life expectancy of a certain region. Which rhetorical appeal did they use?
Pathos
Exaggeration
Logos
Ethos
The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant is the definition of
Metonymy
Solecism
Jargon
Prepositional Phrase
The goal in which the author is trying to achieve in the story is the definition of
Exigence
Persuasion
Purpose
Appeals
Authors tend to use the term “Pun” in order to…
Describe the attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
To go off an object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning in a story but suggests or represents other meanings.
Make logical deductions that are based on premises assumed to be true.
To exploit different possible meanings of a word for their story.
Authors use the term “purpose” because…
Choose the best answer from the following below.
Trying to achieve something in the story.
Something that the author was inspired by to have written what they did
Choice in regarding syntax and diction for the audience
Creating text that would include occasion, place, and time
To be ambiguous means to be _____________
perfectly clear
versatile
vague
insignificant
a character who is presented as a contrast to a second character so as to point to or show to advantage some aspect of the second character.
protagonist
foil
nemesis
antagonist
Theme
Central idea of a work of literature
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Most exciting moment of the story; turning point
End of the story where loose ends are tied up
Resolution
Placement of two things closely together in order to compare or contrast
End of the story where loose ends are tied up
Events after the climax, leading to the resolution
A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.
Personification
Anything that stands for or represents something else
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Events after the climax, leading to the resolution
The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
Symbol
Sequence of events in a story
End of the story where loose ends are tied up
Anything that stands for or represents something else
Most exciting moment of the story; turning point
Foreshadowing
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent something else
A struggle between opposing forces
The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later
Speech or writing that departs from the literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning.
free verse
dactyl
hubris
figurative language
When a character remembers a past event that is relevant to the current action of the story.
flashback
flashforward
illocution
inversion
A literary character whose personality can be defined by one or two traits and does not change over the course of the story.
round character
dynamic character
flat character
protagonist
When readers know more than characters in a text it is called
verbal irony
dramatic irony
verbal irony
When truly unexpected events occur it is
dramatic irony
verbal irony
situational irony
What is the literary term that means: "What is said is NOT what is meant"
dramatic irony
situational irony
verbal irony
The organization of a work. The arrangement of parts in a text.
Structure
Characterization
Setting
Foreshadowing
A work's underlying message or idea
allusion
simile
metaphor
theme
The placement of two contrasting ideas or images near one another in order to provoke comparison
imagery
setting
allusion
juxtaposition
A reference to another work of literature, art, history, or current events.
juxtaposition
metaphor
simile
allusion
What is plot?
Events that lead to a resolution
When and where a story take place
Series of related events that make up a story
Struggle between opposing forces
What is the falling action?
The outcomes of the conflict
Events that lead to a resolution
Series of mini-conflicts that become more intense
The turning point of the story; emotional high point
What is the conflict in a story?
Turning point of the story; emotional high point
Series of related events that make up a story
The time and place where the action occurs
Struggle between opposing forces within the plot
What elements make up a literary analysis thesis?
Your opinion on the story and claims
Subject of story, author's purpose, claims
Subject of the prompt, your opinion (response), and claims
Subject of the prompt, author's purpose, and claims
Your thesis should be:
Arguable
Have a clear subject
Share words with the prompt
Have claims
All of the above
