A trope in which one makes a deliberate understatement for emphasis.
What are litotes?
100
The joining of opposite or contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure.
What is Antithesis?
100
Author's word choice.
What is Diction?
100
The amount of time the AP test takes.
What is 3 hours and 15 minutes?
100
What your teacher's new name will be next year.
What is Mrs. Bernhardt?
200
The phrases “He kicked the bucket” or “He went to his final reward” fall under this category of trope.
What is a euphemism?
200
An example of this scheme would be "We lived and laughed and loved and left."
What is Polysyndeton?
200
The total effect of related sensory images in a work of literature.
What is Imagery?
200
The range of passage questions on the AP test.
What is 54-60?
200
The full name of Ms. Bernhardt's dog.
What is Maximus Decimus Meridius?
300
Doubt, whether real or professed, about what to do or say.
What is aporia?
300
Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence (Think Yoda).
What is Anastrophe?
300
A reference to another piece of text, speech, or movie contained in a text.
What is Allusion?
300
The item that would have gotten you kicked out of the AP test faster than you could say "AP"
What is your cell phone!?
300
Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.
What is Parallel Structure?
400
An example of this trope would be “Top brass” which refers to military officers.
What is Metonymy?
400
A scheme in which the same word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences.
What is Anaphora?
400
An example of this rhetorical device would be "Do you want to fail for the year and have to go to summer school?"
What is a Rhetorical Question?
400
The three essay types on the AP test.
What is Analysis, Synthesis, and Argument?
400
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
What is Satire?
500
Using a part of a physical object to represent the whole object.
What is Synecdoche?
500
The repetition of a word from the end of one line or clause to begin the next line or clause.