AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND
COMPOSITION STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND STEP
BY STEP SOLUTIONS
◉ internal rhyme
Answer: A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same
line
◉ irony
Answer: A contrast between expectation and reality
◉ verbal irony
Answer: A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of
what is meant
◉ dramatic irony
Answer: Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is
understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.
◉ irony of situation
, Answer: refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected
or intended
◉ italian sonnet
Answer: A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern
abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or
cdcdcd
◉ masculine rhyme
Answer: A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable
◉ melodrama
Answer: a play based upon a dramatic plot and developed
sensationally
◉ metaphor
Answer: A comparison without using like or as
◉ meter
Answer: A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a
line of poetry
◉ metonymy
COMPOSITION STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND STEP
BY STEP SOLUTIONS
◉ internal rhyme
Answer: A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same
line
◉ irony
Answer: A contrast between expectation and reality
◉ verbal irony
Answer: A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of
what is meant
◉ dramatic irony
Answer: Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is
understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.
◉ irony of situation
, Answer: refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected
or intended
◉ italian sonnet
Answer: A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern
abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or
cdcdcd
◉ masculine rhyme
Answer: A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable
◉ melodrama
Answer: a play based upon a dramatic plot and developed
sensationally
◉ metaphor
Answer: A comparison without using like or as
◉ meter
Answer: A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a
line of poetry
◉ metonymy