AP English Literature and Composition
ACTUAL UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Allegory - CORRECT ANSWER -The device of using character and/or story elements
symbolically to represent and abstraction in addition to literal meaning.
Antecedent - CORRECT ANSWER -Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Antithesis - CORRECT ANSWER -Opposition or contrast of ideas through parallelism.
Aphorism - CORRECT ANSWER -Terse statement of unknown authorship which
expresses a general truth or moral
Apostrophe - CORRECT ANSWER -A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent
or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Colloquial/Colloquialism - CORRECT ANSWER -The use of slang or informalities in
speech or writing.
Conceit - CORRECT ANSWER -A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended
metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar
objects.
Euphemism - CORRECT ANSWER -Euphemisms are a more agreeable or less offensive
substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.
Homily - CORRECT ANSWER -This term literally means "sermon," but more informally,
it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice.
, Invective - CORRECT ANSWER -An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack
using strong, abusive language.
Metonymy - CORRECT ANSWER -a figure of speech in which the name of one object is
substituted for that of another closely associated with it.
Anaphora - CORRECT ANSWER -A sub-type of parallelism, when the exact repetition of
words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines
or sentences.
Pedantic - CORRECT ANSWER -An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general
tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish
Prose - CORRECT ANSWER -one of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction
and nonfiction, including all its forms.
Semantics - CORRECT ANSWER -The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of
words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to
one another.
Syllogism - CORRECT ANSWER -From the Greek for "reckoning together," a syllogism
is a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound
conclusion.
Synecdoche - CORRECT ANSWER -A figure of speech in which a part of something is
used
to represent the whole or, occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part.
Synesthesia - CORRECT ANSWER -When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the
subjective experience of another.
ACTUAL UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Allegory - CORRECT ANSWER -The device of using character and/or story elements
symbolically to represent and abstraction in addition to literal meaning.
Antecedent - CORRECT ANSWER -Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Antithesis - CORRECT ANSWER -Opposition or contrast of ideas through parallelism.
Aphorism - CORRECT ANSWER -Terse statement of unknown authorship which
expresses a general truth or moral
Apostrophe - CORRECT ANSWER -A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent
or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Colloquial/Colloquialism - CORRECT ANSWER -The use of slang or informalities in
speech or writing.
Conceit - CORRECT ANSWER -A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended
metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar
objects.
Euphemism - CORRECT ANSWER -Euphemisms are a more agreeable or less offensive
substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.
Homily - CORRECT ANSWER -This term literally means "sermon," but more informally,
it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice.
, Invective - CORRECT ANSWER -An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack
using strong, abusive language.
Metonymy - CORRECT ANSWER -a figure of speech in which the name of one object is
substituted for that of another closely associated with it.
Anaphora - CORRECT ANSWER -A sub-type of parallelism, when the exact repetition of
words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines
or sentences.
Pedantic - CORRECT ANSWER -An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general
tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish
Prose - CORRECT ANSWER -one of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction
and nonfiction, including all its forms.
Semantics - CORRECT ANSWER -The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of
words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to
one another.
Syllogism - CORRECT ANSWER -From the Greek for "reckoning together," a syllogism
is a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound
conclusion.
Synecdoche - CORRECT ANSWER -A figure of speech in which a part of something is
used
to represent the whole or, occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part.
Synesthesia - CORRECT ANSWER -When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the
subjective experience of another.
