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WorksheetsList 6 6 AP academic vocab
Total questions: 28
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a category that authors use to describe the primary content and tone of their writing
Informational Text
Main Idea
Genre
Epigraph
a rhetorical and literary technique where an author or
speaker intentionally uses exaggeration and
overstatement for emphasis and effect.
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Epigraph
Metaphor
Match the following
vivid language designed to appeal to these senses
Imagery
a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that the action of
a verb is performed for or directed to
Indirect object
a conclusion you reach by applying logic to the
evidence you are given
Infer
nonfiction writing, written with the intention of
informing the reader about a specific topic.
Informational text
a pronoun ending in -self or -selves that is used to create
special emphasis on the idea
Intensive pronoun
a situation in which there is a contrast between
expectation and reality
(a)
Match the following
the point that a writer is trying to make about the topic
Main Idea
a literary technique where one thing is compared to
another by stating they share the same qualities
Metaphor
A sudden intuitive insight brought on by a common occurrence
Epiphany
A phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone
Epitaph
A single word or short phrase intended as emphasis to surrounding words usually set off with commas.
Expletive
“to” plus a verb that is used as an adjective, adverb,
or noun instead of the verb of the subject
(a)
A word that looks like a verb but doesn’t act as the verb of
the subject.
Verbal
Subject
Indirect Object
Direct Object
“-ing” form of a verb that functions as a noun.
(a)
“ing” or “ed” verb that functions as an adjective
(a)
Match the following
A speech/writing in praise and honor of the deceased
usually spoken at the funeral.
Eulogy
A poem/prose lamenting and expressing loss of the
deceased.
Elegy
A quote set at the beginning of a literary work to set the
tone or suggest a theme of the text.
Epigraph
What does the picture show?
Genre
Books
Main Idea
Imagery
What does the picture show?
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Metaphor
Simile
After the long run, he collapsed in the grass with tired and burning muscles. The grass tickled his skin and sweat cooled on his brow.
Imagery
Metaphor
Infer
Genre
He gave me the book.
In this sentence what is "me?"
Indirect Object
Direct Object
Subject
Verb
Harry's face turned red and he started to yell, balling his hands up into shaking fists.
What is the reader left to do after they read the sentence?
Infer
Hyperbole
run around and scream
Epitaph
What is this text called?
Informational Text
Fictional Text
Argumentative Eassay
All about Owls
myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves, and oneself.
Intensive pronouns
Irony
Subjects
Verbs
What do we call this?
Irony
Hyperbole
Verbal
Figurative Language
Types of people/givers and takers
Main Idea
Genre
Infer
Epletive
My mom has a heart of gold.
Metaphor
Simile
Eulogy
Verbal
In the middle of a typical argument with his wife, a man realizes he has been the one causing every single argument, and that in order to keep his marriage, he must stop being such an aggressive person.
Epiphany
Eulogy
Elegy
Infer
What is this an image of?
Epitaph
Eulogy
Elegy
Epigraph
“indeed”, “in fact”, and “do.”
Expletive
Intensive pronoun
Verbal
Indirect Object
The years I spent with Kathy in my life were filled with excitement and adventure. She showed up for life in the biggest way possible. From the moment she shared her cookie with me on the first day of kindergarten, I knew we would be best friends.
Eulogy
Elegy
Epitaph
Epigraph
What is shown in this picture?
Elegy
Eulogy
Epigraph
Verbal
What is this an example of?
Epigraph
Informative text
Verbal
Eulogy
1. Infinitive
2. Gerund
3. Participle
Verbal
Informative text
Metaphor
Main Idea
