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WorksheetsAP English Literature and Composition
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
giving human traits to non-living things
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
anaphora
2.
substituting a whole for a whole
a)
synechdoche
b)
metonymy
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
3.
extreme exaggeration
a)
litotes
b)
metonymy
c)
hyperbole
d)
understatement
4.
Harsh, discordant sounds (k, t, g, b, d, p, ch, sh, s) in words
a)
contraphony
b)
cacophony
c)
disphony
d)
euphony
5.
a direct address to something that can't respond
a)
apostrophe
b)
litotes
c)
euphony
d)
euphemism
6.
the attitude of the speaker toward the subjects of the poem
a)
symbol
b)
tone
c)
anachronism
d)
euphony
7.
ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary
a)
litotes
b)
hyperbole
c)
sarcasm
d)
synechdoche
8.
neat, close not exact rhyme
a)
perfect rhyme
b)
internal rhyme
c)
eye rhyme
d)
slant rhyme
9.
repetition of vowel sounds in non rhyming words
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
euphony
d)
euphemism
10.
compare 2 unlike objects using "like" or "as"
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
contrast
11.
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
a)
litotes
b)
juxtaposition
c)
hyperbole
d)
alliteration
12.
a pause in the middle of a line of poetry
a)
enjambment
b)
consonance
c)
euphemism
d)
caesura
13.
a reference to something famous
a)
allusion
b)
hyperbole
c)
illusion
d)
hyperbola
14.
use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says
a)
situational irony
b)
static irony
c)
verbal irony
d)
dramatic irony
15.
a discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what actually happens
a)
situational irony
b)
static irony
c)
verbal irony
d)
dramatic irony
16.
a "paragraph" in poetry
a)
verse
b)
stanza
c)
chorus
d)
prose
17.
a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing
a)
caesura
b)
hyperbole
c)
euphemism
d)
contrast
18.
substitution of a part for a whole
a)
juxtaposition
b)
synechdoce
c)
allusion
d)
metonymy
19.
compare 2 unlike objects without "like" or "as"
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
allusion
d)
personification
20.
rhyme within one line of poetry
a)
slant rhyme
b)
perfect rhyme
c)
eye rhyme
d)
internal rhyme
21.
repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or end of words
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
dissonance
22.
pleasant, harmonious sounds (m, n, l, r, f, v, s, w) in words
a)
cacophony
b)
euphony
c)
anaphony
d)
meliphony
23.
fancy word for contrast; place 2 unlike objects close to each other
a)
origami
b)
euphemism
c)
litotes
d)
antithesis
24.
sonnet that has octave/ABBA ABBA, and sestet/CDE CDE
a)
Peruvian
b)
Shakespearian
c)
Edwardian
d)
Petrarchian
25.
sonnet that has14 lines/ABABCDCDEFEFGG
a)
Peruvian
b)
Shakesperian
c)
Edwardian
d)
Petrarchian
26.
a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true
a)
antithesis
b)
oxymoron
c)
paradox
d)
cacophony
27.
creation of words to mimic a sound
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
assonance
d)
onomatopoeia
28.
repetition at the beginning of sentences
a)
antithesis
b)
chiasmus
c)
anaphora
d)
epistrophe
29.
when a line of poetry wraps around to another line
a)
couplet
b)
euphony
c)
caesura
d)
enjambment
30.
the arrangement of words and phrases to create sentences in a language.
a)
epistrophe
b)
syntax
c)
anaphora
d)
poetry
31.
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
a)
oxymoron
b)
alliteration
c)
assonance
d)
hyperbole
32.
two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
a)
syntet
b)
octet
c)
sestet
d)
couplet
33.
a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
a)
trochee
b)
iamb
c)
anapest
d)
dactyl
34.
a metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable.
a)
trochee
b)
iamb
c)
anapest
d)
dactyl
35.
a foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable.
a)
trochee
b)
spondee
c)
anapest
d)
dactyl
36.
a foot consisting of two long (or stressed) syllables.
a)
trochee
b)
spondee
c)
anapest
d)
dactyl
37.
a metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
a)
iamb
b)
trochee
c)
spondee
d)
dactyl
38.
a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner
a)
ballad
b)
sestina
c)
ode
d)
sonnet
39.
a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
a)
pastoral
b)
ballad
c)
sonnet
d)
elegy
40.
a poem that portrays or evokes country life, typically in a romanticized or idealized form
a)
pastoral
b)
ode
c)
sonnet
d)
elegy
41.
a poem with six stanzas and six lines, and let's just say has a lot of magical sixes in it
a)
sestina
b)
ballad
c)
ode
d)
sonnet
42.
a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas
a)
sestina
b)
ballad
c)
ode
d)
sonnet
43.
a fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor
a)
eulogy
b)
conceit
c)
ode
d)
ballad
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