AP Vocab Review - Test 2

Which literary device involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Allegory

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

In the phrase "sweet dreams are made of these," the repetition of the 'e' sound is an example of:

• Alliteration

• Synecdoche

• Assonance

• Metonymy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is it called when you reference a well-known person, place, event, or work of art in writing?

• Metonymy

• Allusion

• Allegory

• Anaphora

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which term describes the substitution of the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself?

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche

• Paradox

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What literary device creates meaning by placing contrasting elements side by side?

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Juxtaposition

• Sarcasm

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Which term describes a statement that appears to contradict itself but expresses a truth?

• Sarcasm

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

"Crown" referring to the monarchy is an example of:

• Synecdoche

• Allusion

• Metonymy

• Allegory

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The phrase "jumbo shrimp" is an example of:

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Juxtaposition

• Sarcasm

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

The repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses is called:

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Anaphora

• Allegory

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What word means "kind and generous"?

• Statist

• Beneficent

• Finite

• Discourse

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F