AP LANG EXAMINATION TEST SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND FULL COURSE MATERIALS
UPDATED 2026.
◍ Allusion - Reference to an outside piece of literature (bible or
mythology reference)
◍ Analogy - Comparison
◍ Aphorism - Short witty saying with moral
◍ Colloquial/colloquialism - Informal
◍ Connotation - the implied or associative meaning of a word
◍ Denotation - Literal definition of something
◍ Didactic - Teaches a lesson
◍ Extended metaphor - Metaphor over many lines
◍ Figure of speech - Figurative language
, ◍ Genre - Type of literature (poem, novel, short story, bio/auto bio,
drama, essay)
◍ Hyperbole - Exaggeration
◍ Inference/infer - a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and
reasoning.
◍ Irony/ironic - 3 types:
Verbal- say one thing mean another
Situational- expect one thing to happen but something else does
Dramatic- for drama, characters don't know something that audience
does
◍ Metaphor - Comparison without using like or as
◍ Mood - Audience reaction
◍ Onomonapeia - Sound mimicking its meaning
◍ Paradox - Contradiction
◍ Parody - Mock up (making fun of something)
QUESTIONS AND FULL COURSE MATERIALS
UPDATED 2026.
◍ Allusion - Reference to an outside piece of literature (bible or
mythology reference)
◍ Analogy - Comparison
◍ Aphorism - Short witty saying with moral
◍ Colloquial/colloquialism - Informal
◍ Connotation - the implied or associative meaning of a word
◍ Denotation - Literal definition of something
◍ Didactic - Teaches a lesson
◍ Extended metaphor - Metaphor over many lines
◍ Figure of speech - Figurative language
, ◍ Genre - Type of literature (poem, novel, short story, bio/auto bio,
drama, essay)
◍ Hyperbole - Exaggeration
◍ Inference/infer - a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and
reasoning.
◍ Irony/ironic - 3 types:
Verbal- say one thing mean another
Situational- expect one thing to happen but something else does
Dramatic- for drama, characters don't know something that audience
does
◍ Metaphor - Comparison without using like or as
◍ Mood - Audience reaction
◍ Onomonapeia - Sound mimicking its meaning
◍ Paradox - Contradiction
◍ Parody - Mock up (making fun of something)
