AP English Literature and Composition
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Allegory - CORRECT ANSWER -The device of using character and/or story elements
symbolically.
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 -Early to bed and early to rise help make a man
healthy, wealthy, and wise.
-Ben Franklin
Apostrophe - CORRECT ANSWER -"Oh, Captain, my Captain, our fearful trip is done..."
Colloquial/Colloquialism - CORRECT ANSWER -The use of slang or informalities in
speech or writing.
Conceit - CORRECT ANSWER -An extended metaphor.
Euphemism - CORRECT ANSWER -correctional facility = jail
between jobs = unemployed
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 -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.
Syllogism - CORRECT ANSWER -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.
Synesthesia - CORRECT ANSWER -When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the
subjective experience of another.
Apologia - CORRECT ANSWER -A written or spoken defense of one's beliefs and
actions.
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Allegory - CORRECT ANSWER -The device of using character and/or story elements
symbolically.
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 -Early to bed and early to rise help make a man
healthy, wealthy, and wise.
-Ben Franklin
Apostrophe - CORRECT ANSWER -"Oh, Captain, my Captain, our fearful trip is done..."
Colloquial/Colloquialism - CORRECT ANSWER -The use of slang or informalities in
speech or writing.
Conceit - CORRECT ANSWER -An extended metaphor.
Euphemism - CORRECT ANSWER -correctional facility = jail
between jobs = unemployed
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 -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.
Syllogism - CORRECT ANSWER -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.
Synesthesia - CORRECT ANSWER -When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the
subjective experience of another.
Apologia - CORRECT ANSWER -A written or spoken defense of one's beliefs and
actions.
