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The Great Gatsby
AP Terms
The Scarlet Letter
The Outsiders
Bonus
100
The quote “…he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward – and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away…” uses what rhetorical device?
Symbolism
100
A story with two (or more) levels of meaning--one literal and other(symbolic; often in allegories, characters are given names that make the symbolic meaning clear
Allegory
100
"Hester Prynne had become as still as death..." (66) This quote is an example of what rhetorical device?
Simile
100
The quote "If I ever did that my mom would die of shock." uses what literary device
Hyperbole
100
The quote from 1984, “War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength,” can be an example of which two rhetorical devices?
Irony and Oxymoron
200
"A dead man passed us in a hearse heaped with blooms, followed by two carriages with drawn blinds, and by more cheerful carriages for friends." This quote is an example of what rhetorical device?
Alliteration
200
A technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object, an idea, or a person who is either dead or absent.
Apostophe
200
"Her skill was called in aid to embroider the white veil which was to cover the pure blushes of a bride" (76). This quote is an example of what rhetorical device?
Irony
200
Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal things and drive souped-up cars and hold up gas stations and have a gang fight once in a while. I don't mean I do things like that...I only mean that most Greasers do things like that. This is an example of what literary device?
Stereotyping
200
An expression of an idea in such a way that more than one meaning is possible
Ambiguity
300
"Civilization's going to pieces,...I've gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. Have you read The Rise of the Coloured Empires by this man Goddard?" This quote is an example of what rhetorical device?
Allusion
300
drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Analogy
300
"There can be no outrage, methinks, against out common nature" This quote is an example of what rhetorical device?
Diction
300
rumble, all the breaks, cooler, tuff, dig This is an example of what kind of language?
Vernacular
300
Define narrative.
The telling of a story
400
" began to eat with ferocious delicacy” This quote is an example of what rhetorical device?
Oxymoron
400
an idea that is implied or suggested
Connotation
400
"Come away, mother! Come away, or yonder old Black Man will catch you!... Come away, mother, or he will catch you" This quotes is an example of what rhetorical device?
Anaphora
400
"...slamming one fist against the wall, hammering it to make it obey his will.' This is an example of what rhetorical device?
Personification
400
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." This quote by Mae West is an example of which rhetorical device?
Invective
500
“Two shining arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward” This quote is an example of which rhetorical device?
Personification
500
be a warning or indication of (a future event)
Foreshadowing
500
"we could hardly do otherwise than pluck one of its flowers, and present it to the reader" This quote is an example of what rhetorical device?
Metonomy
500
"They walked around slowly silently smiling" This quote is an example of what rhetorical device?
Alliteration
500
Who is the best AP English Language teacher on campus?
Mrs. Fahey