AP Lit Midterm

Question 1

Shakespearean (English) Sonnet

Answer 1

Three quatrains followed by a couplet. The quatrains express related ideas or examples while the couplet sums up the poet’s conclusion or message.

Question 2

Petrarchan (Italian) Sonnet

Answer 2

A 14 line poem that has a specific structure and rhyme scheme

Question 3

Eulogy

Answer 3

A formal statement of commendation; high praise

Question 4

Parable

Answer 4

A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson

Question 5

Sestina

Answer 5

A poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet

Question 6

Ode

Answer 6

A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject.

Question 7

Alliteration

Answer 7

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. “the alliteration of “sweet birds sang””

Question 8

Ballad

Answer 8

A poem or song narrating a sotry in short stanzas

Question 9

Hyperbole

Answer 9

Exaggerated statements of claims not meant to be taken literally.

Question 10

Consonance

Answer 10

Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in a close proximity

Question 11

Parallelism

Answer 11

similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

Question 12

Assonance

Answer 12

Repetition of vowel sounds

Question 13

Imperatives

Answer 13

commands

Question 14

Admonition

Answer 14

gentle warning; friendly reproof

Question 15

Allege

Answer 15

to assert without proof or confirmation

Question 16

Ambivalent

Answer 16

having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

Question 17

bountiful

Answer 17

(adj.) giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly

Question 18

Caustic

Answer 18

(adj.) able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic

Question 19

Concession

Answer 19

Something given up or yielded

Question 20

Contemplative

Answer 20

studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue

Question 21

Incursion

Answer 21

sudden invasion

Question 22

ironic

Answer 22

suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens; given to irony, sarcastic

Question 23

Laconic

Answer 23

Using few words

Question 24

Laudatory

Answer 24

expressing praise

Question 25

magnanimous

Answer 25

generous

Question 26

Marred

Answer 26

damaged; disfigured

Question 27

Prosperity

Answer 27

wealth, success

Question 28

Profundity

Answer 28

great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning

Question 29

Reminiscence

Answer 29

memory or act of recalling the past

Question 30

Remorseful

Answer 30

filled with sorrow or guilt

Question 31

Rhetorical

Answer 31

Relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression

Question 32

Sardonic

Answer 32

Grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

Question 33

Skepticism

Answer 33

An attitude of doubt

Question 34

Speculative

Answer 34

not based on fact or investigation

Question 35

Sublime

Answer 35

of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe

Question 36

Surreptitious

Answer 36

stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud

Question 37

Unbridled

Answer 37

uncontrolled, lacking in restraint

Question 38

Understated

Answer 38

Presented or expressed in a subtle and effective way

Question 39

Literary terms to use on Q3

Answer 39

Mood, motif, narrative, ode, narrator, parable, personification, point of view, rhetorical stance,

Question 40

Foils in Crime and Punishment

Answer 40

Raskolnikov and Razumihin, Raskolnikov and and Sonya, and Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov. Their contrasts emphasize Raskolnikov's confusion and delusion, eventually leading him to emotional redemption.

Question 41

Foils in Hamlet

Answer 41

Hamlet and Laertes, Hamlet and Fortinbras, Hamlet and Ophelia. They highlight Hamlet's indecisiveness and responses to tragedy.

Question 42

Literary devices in Hamlet

Answer 42

Soliloquy, metaphor, dramatic and verbal irony, allusion

Question 43

Literary devices in Crime and Punishment

Answer 43

Psychological realism, stream of consciousness, symbolism, foreshadowing, irony, juxtaposition