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AP Literary Terms

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which term names the quality of having multiple possible meanings or a lack of specificity?

a)

Juxtaposition

b)

Ambiguity

c)

Nuance

d)

Motif

2.

What is the word to which a pronoun refers in a sentence?

a)

Syntax

b)

Foil

c)

Antecedent

d)

Referent

3.

Identify the device that contrasts ideas or words in parallel construction.

a)

Motif

b)

Antithesis

c)

Conceit

d)

Juxtaposition

4.

Which term describes the emotional release experienced by the audience at the end of a successful tragedy?

a)

In medias res

b)

Catharsis

c)

Conceit

d)

Soliloquy

5.

A complex extended metaphor that makes surprising, paradoxical comparisons is called what?

a)

Nuance

b)

Conceit

c)

Motif

d)

Foil

6.

Which supporting character type highlights traits of a main character through contrast?

a)

Foil

b)

Referent

c)

Antithesis

d)

Motif

7.

Opening a plot in the middle of the action and filling in details later best defines which technique?

a)

Syntax

b)

Juxtaposition

c)

Stream of consciousness

d)

In medias res

8.

Placing two or more things side by side to compare contrast, tension, or emphasis is known as what?

a)

Juxtaposition

b)

Antithesis

c)

Ambiguity

d)

Motif

9.

Which term refers to a recurrent pattern of images, words, or symbols that reveals a theme?

a)

Nuance

b)

Motif

c)

Conceit

d)

Syntax

10.

Sensitivity to delicate shadings of meaning, feeling, or value is called what?

a)

Antithesis

b)

Ambiguity

c)

Nuance

d)

Foil

11.

Define referent in grammatical terms.

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12.

Which term names a monologue in which a character speaks while alone, effectively conversing with the self?

a)

Catharsis

b)

Soliloquy

c)

Stream of consciousness

d)

Conceit

13.

Which concept describes how words combine to form phrases, clauses, and sentences?

a)

Juxtaposition

b)

Antecedent

c)

Syntax

d)

Motif

14.

A prose technique that follows the logic and flow of a character’s thought process more than ordered narrative is called what?

a)

Ambiguity

b)

Stream of consciousness

c)

In medias res

d)

Antithesis