Class Novels
Literary Devices
Tone Words (Positive, Negative, Neutral?)
AP Vocab (Give a synonym)
AP Exam Set Up
100

Who is the main character in Fences

Troy

100
What is the name for a direct comparison?

Metaphor

100

Nostalgia

Positive

100

Patronizing (adj)

Condescending

100

How long is the multiple choice section?

1 hour

200

Who is Oscar's sister?

Lola

200

This literary device is a synonym for exaggeration.

Hyperbole.

200

Contempt

Negative

200

Spurn (v)

Reject

200

How many essays do you need to write?

3

300

What symbolizes fuku in Oscar Wao?

The man with no face

300

When the reader/audience knows something that a character does not, what is it called?

Dramatic Irony

300

Colloquial

Neutral

300

Opulent (adj)

Luxurious

300

How many total minutes do you have to write all of your essays?

120 (40 per essay)

400

What color does Fitzgerald repeatedly use to symbolize ambition and hope for the future in The Great Gatsby?

Green (green light, green shores on last page)

400

In poetry, what is it called when one line flows into another without end punctuation or pause?

Enjambment

400

Flippant

Negative

400

Disgression (n)

An aside, off topic conversation
400

To earn a 4/4 in Row B for the Thematic Essay, you MUST address what?

The meaning of the work as a whole

500

Who is Troy's daughter in Fences?

Raynell

500

What do you call a line that repeats throughout a poem or literary work?

A refrain.

500

Laudatory

Positive

500

Erstwhile (adj)

Former

500

According to the AP rubrics, what is ONE way to earn the sophistication point?

1. Explore complexities or tensions in the text

2. Put your interpretation in a broader context

3. Account for alternative interpretations

4. Vivid and persuasive style