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WorksheetsAP English Lit Vocabulary Quiz 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the definition of the word 'Letter'?
A written symbol or character representing a speech sound and being a part of an alphabet.
A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought or syntactic unit.
A contrast in storytelling, as in a play or novel, between what a character believes is true, as revealed by dialogue or action, and what the audience or reader knows is true.
A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.
What is the definition of the word 'Allegory'?
A written symbol or character representing a speech sound and being a part of an alphabet.
A poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.
An event, circumstance, etc, that happens before another.
A terse saying embodying a general truth or astute observation, as 'Art is long, life is short.'
What is the definition of the word 'Antecedent'?
A poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.
An event, circumstance, etc, that happens before another.
A terse saying embodying a general truth or astute observation, as 'Art is long, life is short.'
An archaic word, phrase, idiom, or other expression.
What is the definition of the word 'Aphorism'?
A terse saying embodying a general truth or astute observation, as 'Art is long, life is short.'
An archaic word, phrase, idiom, or other expression.
A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought or syntactic unit.
A contrast in storytelling, as in a play or novel, between what a character believes is true, as revealed by dialogue or action, and what the audience or reader knows is true.
What is the definition of the word 'Archaism'?
An archaic word, phrase, idiom, or other expression.
A poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.
An interchange of position of adjacent objects in a sequence, especially a change in normal word order, such as the placement of a verb before its subject.
A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.
What is the definition of the word 'Couplet'?
A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought or syntactic unit.
A written symbol or character representing a speech sound and being a part of an alphabet.
A contrast in storytelling, as in a play or novel, between what a character believes is true, as revealed by dialogue or action, and what the audience or reader knows is true.
A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.
What is the definition of the term 'Dramatic Irony'?
A pleasing sound, especially in speech.
To present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand.
A contrast in storytelling, as in a play or novel, between what a character believes is true, as revealed by dialogue or action, and what the audience or reader knows is true.
A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.
What is the definition of the word 'Euphony'?
A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.
A pleasing sound, especially in speech.
A poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.
An event, circumstance, etc, that happens before another.
What is the definition of the term 'Foreshadowing'?
A poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.
To present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand.
A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.
An archaic word, phrase, idiom, or other expression.
What is the definition of the term 'Gothic (Novel)'?
(sometimes not capital) of or relating to a literary style characterized by gloom, the grotesque, and the supernatural, popular especially in the late 18th century.
A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.
A poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.
An interchange of position of adjacent objects in a sequence, especially a change in normal word order, such as the placement of a verb before its subject.
What is the definition of the term 'Inversion'?
An interchange of position of adjacent objects in a sequence, especially a change in normal word order, such as the placement of a verb before its subject.
A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought or syntactic unit.
A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.
A terse saying embodying a general truth or astute observation, as 'Art is long, life is short.'
What is the definition of the term 'Masculine Rhyme'?
A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.
A rhyme made on a single stressed syllable, as in reply/deny.
A poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.
An event, circumstance, etc, that happens before another.
What is the definition of the term 'Melodrama'?
A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.
A pleasing sound, especially in speech.
A poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.
An interchange of position of adjacent objects in a sequence, especially a change in normal word order, such as the placement of a verb before its subject.
What is the definition of the term 'Rhetorical Question'?
A contrast in storytelling, as in a play or novel, between what a character believes is true, as revealed by dialogue or action, and what the audience or reader knows is true.
A question to which no answer is required: used esp for dramatic effect. An example is Who knows? (with the implication Nobody knows).
A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought or syntactic unit.
A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.
What is the definition of the term 'Theme'?
(in literature, music, art, etc) A unifying idea, image, or motif, repeated or developed throughout a work.
A pleasing sound, especially in speech.
A poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.
An event, circumstance, etc, that happens before another.
