AP Lit Terms Set 2 (15 Words)

Question 1

What is similarity or repetition of a vowel sound in two or more words, especially in a line of verse:
Example:
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,

Answer 1

assonance

Question 2

These lines contain examples of?

In my beginning is my end. In succession
Houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended,
Are removed, destroyed, restored, or in their place
Is an open field, or a factory, or a by-pass.
Old stone to new building, old timber to new fires..

Answer 2

antithesis

Question 3

This verse is an example of the poet’s implementation of :

In every cry of every Man,
In every infant’s cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban,
The mind-forg’d manacles I hear

Answer 3

anaphora

Question 4

Leo Tolstoy starts Anna Karenina with the line below, and it is an example of the author using ?

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Answer 4

aphorism

Question 5

What is it called when an author omits the conjunctions that would ordinarily coordinate words and phrases , as in “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”?

Answer 5

asyndeton

Question 6

A poem about morning is called an

Answer 6

aubade

Question 7

When a writer employs word choices that appeal to the ear in order to help you “hear” what is being described or expressed, they are using

Answer 7

auditory imagery

Question 8

A novel in which the writer shows the development of its central character from childhood to maturity is called a/an

Answer 8

bildungsroman

Question 9

When a writer implements a combination of harsh, unpleasant sounds to create a discordinant effect, it is called

Answer 9

cacophony

Question 10

A method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character in a literary work is called

Answer 10

characterization

Question 11

Addressing someone or something, usually not present, as though present - like to a god, ghost. or some supernatural thing, like Death, Night, or Fate.

Answer 11

apostrophe

Question 12

The intentional use of elevated language to describe the trivial or commonplace, or a sudden transition from a significant thought to a trivial one in order to achieve a humorous or satric effect.

Answer 12

anti-climax

Question 13

a figure of speech in which a thought is balanced with a contrasting thought in parallel arrangements of words and phrases.

Answer 13

antithesis

Question 14

This segment of verse shows an example of:

Your bags were packed

and left at the door, the vase you

filled with shells, wrapped in tissue,

your books boxed.

Answer 14

asyndeton - ….the vase you filled with shells, wrapped in tissue, your books boxed.

Question 15

The hard K, G, and B sounds in the following excerpt create?
“Klarissa Klein drives an old, grumbling Cadillac which has a crumpled bumper and screaming, honking horn.”

Answer 15

cacophony

Question 16

static character

Answer 16

a character who is the same sort of person at the end of the story as they were at the beginning.

Question 17

stock character

Answer 17

stereotyped character; one whose nature is familiar from prototypes in previous fiction.

Question 18

syllogism

Answer 18

the underlying structure of deductive reasoning, having a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion based on logic. They are either valid or invalid.

Question 19

symbol

Answer 19

anything that stands for or represents something else.

Question 20

symbolism

Answer 20

using an image to represent an idea (i.e. storms often represent impending disaster).

Question 21

synecdoche

Answer 21

a figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole or the whole for a part (i.e. wheels for an automobile).

Question 22

synesthesia

Answer 22

the perception or description of one kind of sense impression in words normally used to describe a different sense, like a “sweet voice” or “velvety smile”.

Question 23

theme

Answer 23

an ingredient of a literary work which gives the work unity. Provides an answer to a question “What is the work about?”

Question 24

tone

Answer 24

expresses the author’s attitude toward his or her subject.

Question 25

tragedy

Answer 25

depicts the downfall or destruction of a character.