Test: AP English Literary Terms - 20 Questions

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  1. iambic pentameter
  2. consonance
  3. refrain
  4. assonance
  5. sonnet
  1. a repetition at close intervals of final consonant sounds
  2. b repetition at close intervals of vowel sounds
  3. c 70% of verse is written this way; ten syllables per line, following an order of unaccented-accented syllables
  4. d repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines in a pattern
  5. e 14 line poem, fixed rhyme scheme, fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. something (object, person, situation, etc.) means more than what it is
  2. wave-like recurrence of sound
  3. tempo or rate implied by the structure and style of the poem
  4. unrhymed iambic pentameter
  5. incongruity or discrepancy between the implied and expected; verbal, dramatic, situational

5 True/False Question

  1. imagery → regularized rhythm of stressed and unstressed syllables; accents occur at approx. equal intervals of time

          

  2. personification → giving a non-human the characteristics of a human

          

  3. persona → assumed speaker of the poem; typically used synonymously with 'speaker'

          

  4. sibilance → hissing sounds represented by s, z, sh

          

  5. structure → an author's combined use of these ideas into a recurring pattern of usage

          

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