AP English Language and Composition Terms
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11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does 'Juxtaposition' involve?
The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant.
The grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity.
Placing two words, phrases, images, or ideas close together or side by side for comparison or contrast.
A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox.
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.7
CCSS.RI.11-12.7
CCSS.RI.8.7
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.7
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is 'Litotes'?
A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words.
A figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite.
A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense.
A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units.
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CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of 'Metonymy'?
The White House declared a new policy.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Shut the door!
Joe eats too quickly.
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is an 'Oxymoron'?
A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words.
A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox.
The grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity.
A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense.
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.
cliché
dogma
concrete
deductive
Tags
CCSS.RF.3.3B
CCSS.RF.3.3C
CCSS.RF.3.3D
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Greek for "hostile"; an argument that tries to establish the superiority of ones opinion over all others.
Logos
refutation
rhetoric
polemic
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Caricature
a satiric portrait or representation (satiric- humorous yet witty)
to intimidate; to discourage
shallow; on the surface only
to support; to prop up
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
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