AP Rhetorical and Literary Terms Quiz



AP Rhetorical and Literary Terms Quiz

1. “When my love swears that she is made of truth/I do believe her, though I know she lies” (Shakespeare, sonnet 138), is an example of

a. anaphora b. paradox c. juxtaposition d. alliteration e. onomatopoeia

2. In nonfiction prose, the form of discourse that “puts forth” facts and ideas is called:

a. narration b. argument c. exposition d. description e. persuasion

3. An example is “I’m going to knock you into next week.”

a. metonymy b. antithesis c. epitaph d. parable e. hyperbole

4. An example is “I could probably manage to survive on a salary of two million dollars a year.”

a. understatement b. apostrophe c. synecdoche d. simile e. personification

5. An example is “He asked for her hand in marriage.”

a. myth b. allusion c. oxymoron d. irony e. synecdoche

6. An example is “suspended animation.”

a. euphemism b. oxymoron c. parallelism d. ellipsis e. cliché

7. Examples are “Hold your horses” and “pretty as a picture.”

a. parody b. metaphor c. satire d. allusion e. cliché

8. “Through bogs and briers, barefooted and bareheaded” is an example from Frederick Douglass.

a. alliteration b. analogy c. symbol d. archetype e. allegory

9. The balancing of unlike ideas make each more emphatic. An example of this technique from Douglass is: “You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.”

a. imagery b. assonance c. consonance d. antithesis e. denotation and connotation

10. “Sometimes [the kissing at my uncle’s house] was smacking, sometimes hissing, sometimes crackling, sometimes explosive, sometimes squeaky, and so on forever.” Kierkegaard was employing:

a. allusion b. paradox c. onomatopoeia d. allegory e. euphemism

11. “The grass-blade, like a long green ribbon, streams from the sod into the summer.” Thoreau wrote a/an:

a. metaphor b. personification c. simile d. irony e. understatement

12. When Peter Homans refers to the hero of Westerns as “this Galahad with a Colt. 45 who stalks injustice on the dusty streets of Dodge,” he is calling to mind a/an:

a. apostrophe b. juxtaposition c. satire d. allusion e. archetype

13. “The silent worker is imagination which decrees reality out of chaos.” Helen Keller is using:

a. parody b. myth c. parable d. anaphora e. personification

14. “My heart is a singing bird” and “He wolfed his food” are examples of:

a. simile b. metaphor c. symbol d. connotation e. parallelism

15. William Wordsworth writes, “Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee,” which is an example of:

a. apostrophe b. analogy c. epitaph d. consonance e. parallelism

16. “American forces closed in alter Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed as-Sah-haf threatened ‘very new, creative’ martyrdom operations—often a/an ______ for suicide attacks-but denied weapons of mass destruction would be involved.”

a. synecdoche b. euphemism c. antithesis d. image e. parody

17. No punch line is needed for this delicious _______: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia demanded that the broadcast media be banned from covering his speech when he accepted the Citadel of Free Speech Award from the City Club of Cleveland.

a. onomatopoeia b. hyperbole c. understatement d. antithesis e. irony

18. What device does Ruskin employ in the following statement: “Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life; anarchy and competition the laws of death”?

a. irony b. personification c. symbol d. antithesis e. oxymoron

19. Often funny, _____ is a mode of writing that exposes the failings of individuals, institutions, or societies to ridicule and score.

a. paradox b. allegory c. parable d. satire e. epitaph

20. If your teacher assigns a squib, your writing should be a short, humorous

a. epitaph b. metaphor c. satire d. synecdoche e. euphemism

Bonus Questions from Vocabulary

21. To regale your friends will most likely produce a/an

a. japery b. dalliance c. antic d. guffaw e. argument

22. If your friends responded to a generous gift with insouciance, you would be

a. waggish b. euphoric c. risible d. hurt e. roistering

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