Contrasts
Poetry
Writing Style
AP Test
Random
100

A character who completely contrasts another (usually the protagonist) to reveal traits, values, and motivations. Sometimes but not always an antagonist. 

Foil

100

Two lines of verse that rhyme

couplet

100

Choice of words or phrases

diction

100

FRQ 1 analyzes what?

Poetry

100

When the author gives a hint of what will come later in the story. 

foreshadow

200

A situation where the opposite of what we expect happens.

Irony (situational) 

200

poetry that doesn't rhyme or have a regular meter

Free Verse

200

Writer's attitude towards the subject matter or audience. 

tone

200

FRQ 2 analyzes what?

Short fiction
200

A reference, usually to classical literature

allusion

300

A statement or situation that contradicts itself but contains a kernel of truth. 

Paradox

300

Repetition of identical vowel sounds in close proximity, like the deep green sea. 

Assonance  

300

Arrangement of words and phrases (usually sentence structure). 

Syntax

300
FRQ 3 analyzes what?

novels or drama (plays)

300

The art of persuasion through communication, like using ethos, pathos, or logos. 

Rhetoric 

400

Two contrasting elements (people, places, ideas, moods, settings,etc.) are placed side by side, usually creating drama or irony.

Juxtaposition 

400

repeating sounds created by consonants like "what this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt"

consonance 

400

The language used to create images in readers' minds. 

Imagery

400

How many questions are in the MCQ?

55

400
A phrase, quote, or poem set at the beginning of a text. 

epigraph

500

Person OR a thing that is exactly opposite (usually the negative to a good)

antithesis 

500

A poem consisting of 14 lines of rhyming iambic pentameter. 

sonnet

500

5 types of sensory imagery 

Visual, Auditory, Olfactory, Gustatory, Tactile

500

How long do you get to write your 3 FRQs in total?

2 hours

500

A comparison of two things, without using like or as, that continues throughout a poem or story. 

Extended Metaphor