AP Lit figurative language game (period 7)
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- Q1A formal, often ceremonious lyric poem that addresses and often celebrates a person, place, thing, or idea. Its stanza forms vary.TropeSonnetOdeKatharsis30s
- Q2Referring to "bubbly" as champagne or "suits" as business people is an example ofImageryMetonomySynecdocheMetaphor30s
- Q3A natural aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way or A biting and often insightful form of humorSatireSarcasmWitHumor30s
- Q4When your boss says he has, "let you go." Your girlfriend says, "you should be friends." Raymond Sintes "keeps a mistress." These are examples of:ImageryWitHyperboleEuphemism30s
- Q5The Namesake and The Secret Life of Bees fall into this literary genre:BildungsromanTragicomedyHistorical FictionMagical Realism30s
- Q6From Rime of the Ancient Mariner "The furrow followed free," is an example of:RhymepentameterFree verseAlliteration30s
- Q7The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. (Making fun of people and their opinions). Is an example of:SatireAnastropheBildungsromanZoomorphism30s
- Q8Repetition of similar-sounding words, occurring at the end of lines in poems or songsConsonanceRhymeAlliterationAssonance30s
- Q9The repetition of the first part of a sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect and emphasize a point.SyllogismAnaphoraAnastropheTrope30s
- Q10Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.WitColloquialismSlangJargon30s
- Q11"Wall Street prefers lower taxes," the New York City street that was the original home of the New York Stock Exchange stands in for the entire American financial industry is an example of:SynecdocheTropeMetonymyMetaphor30s
- Q12A poetic device that serves as a linguistic pattern for the verses and gives poetry a rhythmic and melodious sound:RhymeEnjambmentLyric poetryMeter30s
- Q13In poetry Moving over from one line to another without a terminating punctuation mark A phrase or clause that continues onto the next line in a poem The running on from one couplet or line to the next without a major pause or syntactical breakRhymeMeterEnjambmentFree verse30s
- Q14A chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other:denouementAnachronismAnastropheJuxtaposition30s
- Q15Allegory Irony Metaphor Synecdoche Personification Simile Are all examples of:SyllogismTropeSatireGenre30s