Sloop AP Literature Review

Poetic Devices

100

This is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

Iamb

200

This is a form of poetry that is lyrical and typically devoted to a noble subject.

Ode

300

A form of poetry with four lines, rhyme scheme is often abcb, and tends to tell a story.

Ballad

400

This form of poetry is unrhymed, but has iambic pentameter

Blank verse

500

This form of poetry has no rhyme scheme or meter

Free verse

Major Works 1

100

In No Country for Old Men, this character is a major foil to Sheriff Bell.

Chigurh

200

In Hamlet, __________________ represents the inevitability of death.

Yorick's skull

300

Identify the speaker: "I can’t stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action."

Blanche Dubois

400

In The Handmaid's Tale, this symbol associated with shame, ripeness, and fertility.

The color red

500

Identify the work that best fits with this thematic statement about memory: Memory allows stories to be passed on, suggesting that there still is some value in learning about the painful stories of the past that should not (and cannot) be forgotten.

Beloved

Tone

100

Which of the following best describes a tone of playful/light-heartedness? Petty, Contemptuous, Bantering, Flippant

Bantering

200

Which of the following best describes a dense, meticulous, or scholarly tone? Sardonic, Diffident, Lugubrious, Pedantic

Pedantic

300

Which of the following best describes a tone of deep and solemn respect? Reverent, Detached, Satiric, Complimentary

Reverent

400

Identify the tone: "Freedom calls you! Quick, be ready/Rouse yet in the name of God" Cynical, mock-heroic, somber, insolent

Mock-heroic

500

For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway "Afterwards we will be as one animal of the forest and be so close that neither one can tell that one of us is one and not the other. Can you not feel my heart be your heart?" whispered Nick. What attitude does Hemingway's main character, Nick, have about his girlfriend? A) sentimental B) moralistic C) scornful D)patronizing

A) Sentimental

Literary Devices

100

The Lord of the Flies, read as a novel, is an example of this.

Allegory

200

A reoccurring, variation of a symbol. In Hamlet, death, decaying flesh is an example of this

motif

300

A writer uses this device when he detaches himself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech.

Apostrophe

400

The Oval Office was busy in work. Identify the literary device.

Metonymy

500

“Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them.” Identify the major literary device in the last line.

Synedoche

Major Works 2

100

This major character continually questions the meaningless and triviality of life

Hamlet

200

In Heart of Darkness, the _________________ is a representation of mankind's evil, primitive, nature.

The Congo/jungle

300

Identify the speaker: "I went to the dresser and took up my watch, with the face still down. I tapped the crystal on the corner of the dresser and caught the fragments of glass in my hand and put them into the ashtray and twisted the hands off and put them in the tray. The watch ticked on."

Quentin Compson

400

You must get both parts correct. In ________________, _______________ is a symbol for a controlling force: when it takes over, characters must submit to its power, and they are carried along to the end of the line.

A Streetcar Named Desire; Streetcar OR Desire

500

Identify the work that best fits with this thematic statement about betrayal: These low points in the two men’s lives create a sense of tension and guilt throughout the novel, but the betrayal lead to quests for redemption that bring about some good for the protagonist in the end.

The Kite Runner