WorksheetsAP Literary Terms
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which term names the quality of having multiple possible meanings or a lack of specificity?
Juxtaposition
Ambiguity
Nuance
Motif
What is the word to which a pronoun refers in a sentence?
Syntax
Foil
Antecedent
Referent
Identify the device that contrasts ideas or words in parallel construction.
Motif
Antithesis
Conceit
Juxtaposition
Which term describes the emotional release experienced by the audience at the end of a successful tragedy?
In medias res
Catharsis
Conceit
Soliloquy
A complex extended metaphor that makes surprising, paradoxical comparisons is called what?
Nuance
Conceit
Motif
Foil
Which supporting character type highlights traits of a main character through contrast?
Foil
Referent
Antithesis
Motif
Opening a plot in the middle of the action and filling in details later best defines which technique?
Syntax
Juxtaposition
Stream of consciousness
In medias res
Placing two or more things side by side to compare contrast, tension, or emphasis is known as what?
Juxtaposition
Antithesis
Ambiguity
Motif
Which term refers to a recurrent pattern of images, words, or symbols that reveals a theme?
Nuance
Motif
Conceit
Syntax
Sensitivity to delicate shadings of meaning, feeling, or value is called what?
Antithesis
Ambiguity
Nuance
Foil
Define referent in grammatical terms.
Which term names a monologue in which a character speaks while alone, effectively conversing with the self?
Catharsis
Soliloquy
Stream of consciousness
Conceit
Which concept describes how words combine to form phrases, clauses, and sentences?
Juxtaposition
Antecedent
Syntax
Motif
A prose technique that follows the logic and flow of a character’s thought process more than ordered narrative is called what?
Ambiguity
Stream of consciousness
In medias res
Antithesis
