Literary Devices
Something that stands for or suggests something larger and more complex than what it actually is.
What is a symbol?
Elizabethan poet and playwright who wrote at least 37 plays and over 150 poems.
Who is William Shakespeare?
May 4, 2022.
What is the date for the AP exam in English Literature and Composition?
The preferred tense for writing in.
What is present tense?
An indirect reference to a person, event, statement, theme or work made to enrich meaning through the connotations they carry.
What is an allusion?
What is existentialism?
Poetry, prose, and literary argument.
What are the three essay questions on the AP English Literature & Composition exam?
The statement of the position taken by someone expostulating on a particular topic with the intent of proving that position plausible or correct.
What is a thesis?
A story or poem that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
What is an allegory?
Harsh, unpleasant, or discordant sounds.
What is cacophony?
A 19th-century (1800 to 1860) literary movement emphasizing emotion and imagination, rather than logic and scientific thought in response to the Enlightenment.
What is Romanticism?
This portion of the AP exam is one hour long.
How long is the multiple choice section of the AP exam?
The noun to which a pronoun refers.
What is an antecedent?
A unit of meter within a line of poetry.
What is a foot?
A 20th century literary genre that often involves supernatural phenomena in an otherwise real-world or mundane setting.
What is magical realism?
AP rewards all correct answers with points, but does not deduct points for incorrect answers.
What is the penalty for guessing on the AP exam in Literature and Composition?
A word or set of words that indicates location (in, near, beside, on top of) or some other relationship between a noun or pronoun and other parts of the sentence (about, after, besides, instead of, in accordance with).
What is a preposition?
A long speech that a character gives to the audience to express their deepest thoughts and emotions.
What is a soliloquy?
A novelist whose parents were well-known political philosophers and feminist activists.
Who is Mary Shelley?
7:30 AM.
What time do you need to be at school by on May 4, 2022 (the date of the AP exam)?
Elizabeth Lavenza.
Who is Victor Frankenstein's wife?