Hard AP Lit Q's
The meaning of bildungsroman.
What is a coming of age story?
B.O.B.
What is Background, Opinion, Benefit of your opinion? (look over there)
a literary device that contrasts with another character, usually the protagonist, to highlight the protagonist's qualities.
What is a foil?
two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme
What is a couplet?
Most likely to complain about society as the Stone Age.
Who is Shiraha?
Foreshadowing
What is a hint of future events?
According to "How to Read Literature Like a Professor"
Every Trip Is a ________
(Except When It’s Not)
What is a quest?
"Exhaustion is a thin blanket tattered with bullet holes"
What is a metaphor?
The amount of times we should read a poem before trying to understand it.
What is twice?
The inner thoughts of a character on stage.
Soliloquy and aside tell the audience what?
the marks that make up an ellipsis
What is a series of 3 dots(periods)?
But you're so smart, I thought you would know the answer.
What is sarcasm?
Situational, dramatic, verbal
What are the three types of irony?
Poetry as a ______
What is a story?
Black and Gold
What are our school's colors?
in medias res
what is starting in the middle?
Type of motorcycle Mrs. Bento rides
What is a Kawasaki Ninja 400?
"Oh please AP gods! don't let them say it's punctuation"
What is an apostrophe?
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
What is juxtaposition?
a couple of couplets
What is a quatrain?
Catharsis
What is the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions?
The piece of writing that should NEVER include the use of 2nd person (except in a direct quote).
What is an essay?
What is academic writing?
a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.
What is a paradox?
Poetry is ______.
What is compressed emotion?
"The 3 qualifications from a much-remixed TikTok video by Megan Boni that follow 'Looking for a man in finance...'"
What is blue eyes, 6' 5", and a trust fund?