Literary Techniques & Devices
A Doll's House
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100
The name of a comparison using like or as.
What is simile?
100
The author of "A Doll's House".
Who is Henrik Ibsen?
100

"The classroom was a zoo" is this kind of comparison

What is a metaphor?

100

The length of the AP Exam in hours.

What is 3 hours?

100

The author of "A Doll's House".

Who is Henrik Ibsen?

200
When something is exaggerated using language.
What is hyperbole?
200
The holiday season around which the play takes place.
What is Christmas?
200

A word that imitates a sound (like bang or buzz)

What is onomatopoeia?

200

A repeated image or idea throughout a literary work.

What is a motif?

200
The author of "The Cathedral"?
Who is Raymond Carver?
300
The definition of an allusion.
What is a reference in literature, to a person, place, thing in history or another work of literature? (Usually well-known)
300
The type of dance that Nora does.
What is the tarantella?
300

An intentional exaggeration

What is hyperbole?

300

The three types of essays in the exam.

What is the poetry essay, prose essay, and free response essay?

300

The missing word(s) in the following poem: We snapped _______ into the silver bowl between us

What is beans?

400
Name four elements of style as it pertains to language.
What is diction, figurative language, imagery, syntax, tone/mood?
400
The food item that Nora has at the beginning of the play.
What are macaroons?
400

Giving human qualities to non-human things

What is personification?

400

The date of the AP Exam this year.

What is May 7, 2025?

400

The author of "Ozymandias".

Who is Percy Bysshe Shelley?

500
Dunkin' Donuts, Best Buy, Coca-Cola and American Apparel, are all examples of this literary device.
What is alliteration?
500
Helmer declares that Nora is these two things when he says, "before all else, (Nora is) a ____ and ________".
What are a wife and mother?
500

A comparison using "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

500
The year of the earliest AP Literature exam.
What is 1956?
500

a 14-line poem, typically written in iambic pentameter, with a specific rhyme scheme.

What is a sonnet?

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