Test: AP English Literary Terms - 20 Questions
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5 Written Questions
5 Matching Questions
- iambic pentameter
- consonance
- refrain
- assonance
- sonnet
- a repetition at close intervals of final consonant sounds
- b repetition at close intervals of vowel sounds
- c 70% of verse is written this way; ten syllables per line, following an order of unaccented-accented syllables
- d repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines in a pattern
- e 14 line poem, fixed rhyme scheme, fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)
5 Multiple Choice Questions
- something (object, person, situation, etc.) means more than what it is
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- wave-like recurrence of sound
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- tempo or rate implied by the structure and style of the poem
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- unrhymed iambic pentameter
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- incongruity or discrepancy between the implied and expected; verbal, dramatic, situational
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5 True/False Question
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imagery → regularized rhythm of stressed and unstressed syllables; accents occur at approx. equal intervals of time
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personification → giving a non-human the characteristics of a human
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persona → assumed speaker of the poem; typically used synonymously with 'speaker'
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sibilance → hissing sounds represented by s, z, sh
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structure → an author's combined use of these ideas into a recurring pattern of usage
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