AP Lit Test Review

contradiction that seems impossible but is somehow true

• paradox

• antithesis

• juxtaposition

direct contrasts

• paradox

• antithesis

• juxtaposition

balances opposing ideas

• paradox

• antithesis

• juxtaposition

example: old/new

• paradox

• antithesis

• juxtaposition

example:

It was the brightest day, it was the darkest night

• paradox

• antithesis

• juxtaposition

example:

the more you give, the more you get

• paradox

• antithesis

• juxtaposition

Albuquerque Graveyard (Jay Wright)

It would be easier

to bury our dead

at the corner lot.

No need to wake

Before sunrise,

take three buses,

walk two blocks,

search at the rear

of the cemetery,

to come upon the familiar names

with wilted flowers and patience.

In these lines, the speaker conveys a sense of

• the transience of the natural world

• the laboriousness of an undertaking

• his devotion to an individual

• religious inspiration

• inconspicuous accomplishments

Albuquerque Graveyard (Jay Wright)

It would be easier

to bury our dead

at the corner lot.

The phrase "our dead" (line 2) refers

specifically to ---

No need to wake

Before sunrise,

take three buses,

walk two blocks,

search at the rear

of the cemetery,

to come upon the familiar names

with wilted flowers and patience.

• those who have died recently

• the speaker's grandparents

• the speaker's friends

• a community of Black people

• Black soldiers

Albuquerque Graveyard (Jay Wright)

passing the sealed mausoleums,

the pretentious brooks and springs,

the white, sturdy limestone crosses,

the pattern of the place is clear to me,

Which does the underlined phrase contrast most directly with?

• No need to wake

  5 before sunrise,

  take three buses,

  walk two blocks,

• to come upon the familiar names

  with wilted flowers and patience.

• Here, I stop by the imitative cross

  of one who stocked his parlor

  with pictures of Robeson,*

• I do.

  Here, I stop by the imitative cross

  of one who stocked his parlor

  with pictures of Robeson,*

  35 and would boom down the days,

  dreaming of Othello's robe'.

• Uneasy, I search the names

  and simple mounds I call my own,

  abruptly drop my wilted flowers,

  and turn for home.

The structure of the poem is determined by the

speaker' s

• emotions

• movements

• ideas

• values

• history