AP Lit vs AP Lang

AP Lit-Poetic Devices

100

What is a two line stanza called?

Couplet

200

What is the repetition of the same letter at the beginning of words called? 

Alliteration

300

Describe apostrophe in poetry.

Addressing a person or object not present.

400

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearian sonnet?

ABABCDCDEFEFGG

500

Explain the difference between blank verse and free verse. Who notoriously writes in blank verse?

Blank verse is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Free verse is free to do whatever it wants. Shakespeare LOVES to write his plays in blank verse.  

AP Lit-Figurative Language

100

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

Simile-comparison using "like" or "as"

Metaphor-direct comparison

200

An extended metaphor comparing two unlike objects with powerful effect

Conceit

300

What is the difference between tone and mood?

Tone creates the mood.

The tone is the way that the author feels about the topic. The mood is how the reader feels after reading the poem.

400

What is the difference between oxymoron and paradox?

An oxymoron is two words that contradict each other. A paradox is two opposing ideas that somehow exist together.

500

Define the three types of irony.

Verbal-sarcasm

Situational-the opposite of what you expect

Dramatic-when we or other characters know something that the main character does not

Novels

100

What three genres is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks a part of?

Science journalism, biography, and memoir

200

What is a theme in the Scarlett Letter?

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300

Describe a scene from one of the novels we have read that contains dramatic irony. 

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400

Name a symbol in one of the novels we have read and explain why it is central to a character and/or the theme. 

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500

Identify a biblical allusion in one of the novels that we have read and explain why it is significant

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AP Lang-Rhetorical Devices

100

Name the three rhetorical appeals and their definitions.

Ethos-appeal to credibility

Pathos-appeal to emotion

Logos-appeal to logic

200

An exaggerated imitation of a serious work or person for humorous purposes.

A) Parody

B) Pun

C) Satire

D) Allegory

A) Parody

300

The same words are used twice in succession, but the second time, the order of the words is reversed.

A) Anaphora

B) Parallelism

C) Chiasmus 

D) Antithesis

C) Chiasmus 

400

Describe the difference between metonymy and synecdoche. 

Metonymy-the substitution of a word which relates to the object or person to be named in place of the name itself

Synecdoche-figure of speech in which a part represents the whole object or idea

500

Describe the difference between adage and aphorism.

An adage is short memorable phrase that is a general truth. 

An aphorism is a statement expressing a general truth or opinion in a witty manner. It is applied to philosophical, moral, and literary principles.

AP Lang-Logical Fallacies

100

Define the ad hominem fallacy

When the writer attacks the person instead of their argument.

200

Describe the ad populum fallacy.

Convincing someone to think the same way as the rest of a group simply because everyone else thinks that way. 

300

A fallacy in which one event happened before another event so people assume that the first event caused the second event to happen. 

Post hoc

400

What is the difference between a hasty generalization and a circular argument? 

A hasty generalization is when one comes to a conclusion based on limited or incorrect evidence.

A circular argument is when an argument is constantly restated and isn't proven. 

500

Give a real world example of the slippery slope fallacy.

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