AP Deck 10

Question 1

Blank verse

Answer 1

unrhymed iambic pentameter (see meter)

Question 2

Caesura

Answer 2

a pause or a sudden break in a line of poetry

Question 3

Characterization

Answer 3

the techniques that writers use to create viable characters. NTK…Primary ones -character trait: a character’s personality; a trait is not a physical description of a character. -direct characterization: the author directly states a character’s traits or makes direct comments about a character’s nature. -dynamic character: a character who changes throughout the course of the story. -flat character: a character about whom little information is provided. -indirect characterization: the author does not directly state a character’s traits; instead the reader draws conclusions and discovers a character’s traits based upon clues provided by the author. -round character: is a character who is fully described by the author (several character traits, background information, etc.) -static character: a character who does not change or who changes very little in the course of a story.

Question 4

Chronological order

Answer 4

the order in which events happen in time.

Question 5

Clarifying

Answer 5

the reader’s process of pausing occasionally while reading to quickly review what he or she understands. By clarifying as they read, good readers are able to draw conclusions about what is suggested but not stated directly.

Question 6

Cliché

Answer 6

a type of figurative language containing an overused expression or a saying that is no longer considered original.

Question 7

Comedy

Answer 7

a dramatic work that is light and often humorous in tone and usually ends happily with a peaceful resolution of the main conflict.

Question 8

Comparison

Answer 8

the process of identifying similarities

Question 9

concrete poetry

Answer 9

a type of poetry that uses its physical or visual form to present its message.

Question 10

conflict

Answer 10

the tension or problem in the story; a struggle between opposing forces. Terms Associated With Conflict: central conflict: the dominant or most important conflict in the story. external conflict: the problem or struggle that exists between the main character and an outside force. (ex: person vs. person, person vs. society, person vs. nature, person vs. the supernatural, person vs. technology, etc.)

Question 11

internal conflict

Answer 11

the problem or struggle that takes place in the main character’s mind (person vs. self).

Question 12

Couplet

Answer 12

a rhymed pair of lines in a poem. One of William Shakespeare’s trademarks was to end a sonnet with a couplet, as in the poem “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day”: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long as lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Question 13

Dialect

Answer 13

a form of language that is spoken in a particular place or by a particular group of people