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AP English Vocabulary Terms

AP English Vocabulary Terms. Guess which word!. Examples. Synonyms and Antonyms. Internal/ External Conflict. Poetry. 10. 10. 10. 10. 10. 20. 20. 20. 20. 20. 30. 30. 30. 30. 30. 40. 40. 40. 40. 40. 50. 50. 50. 50. 50. Topic 1 – 10 Points. QUESTION:

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AP English Vocabulary Terms

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  1. AP English Vocabulary Terms

  2. Guess which word! Examples Synonyms and Antonyms Internal/ External Conflict Poetry 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50

  3. Topic 1 – 10 Points • QUESTION: • Figure out the word based on it’s definition. A figure of speech in which a non-human thing is given human qualities, feelings, thoughts and attitudes. • ANSWER: Personification.

  4. Topic 1 – 20 Points • QUESTION: • Figure out the word based on it’s definition. A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole. • ANSWER: Synecdoche.

  5. Topic 1 – 30 Points • QUESTION: • Figure out the word based on it’s definition. A pause in a line of poetry that is formed by the rhythms of natural speech rather than by metrics. • ANSWER: Caesura.

  6. Topic 1 – 40 Points • QUESTION: • Figure out the word based on it’s definition. A harsh, unpleasant combination of sounds or tones. It may be an unconscious flaw in the poet's music, resulting in harshness of sound or difficulty of articulation, or it may be used consciously for effect. • ANSWER: Cacophony.

  7. Topic 1 – 50 Points • QUESTION: • It refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences or paragraphs to give structural similarity. This can involve repetition of a grammatical element, such as a preposition or verbal phrase. • ANSWER: Parallelism.

  8. Topic 2 – 10 Points • QUESTION: • Give an example of the word “personification”. Can be a sentence, phrase or representation. • ANSWER: Depends on answer person gave. For example, “The leaves whispered to me,” or “The trees moved around while the wind blew.”

  9. Topic 2 – 20 Points • QUESTION: • Give an example of the word “pun”. Can be a sentence, phrase or representation. • ANSWER: Depends on answer person gave. For example, in Romeo and Juliet, Romeo says, “Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes with nimble soles; I have a soul of lead”

  10. Topic 2 – 30 Points • QUESTION: • Give an example of the word “anaphora”. Can be a sentence, phrase or representation. • ANSWER: Depends on answer person gave. For example, in The Great Gatsby, "Filled with faces dead and gone. Filled with friends now gone forever."

  11. Topic 2 – 40 Points • QUESTION: • Give an example of the word “paradox”. Can be a sentence, phrase or representation. • ANSWER: Depends on answer person gave. For example, in John Donne's Batter my heart, three personed God, "Take me to you, imprison me, for I, / Except you enthrall me, never shall be free..."

  12. Topic 2 – 50 Points • QUESTION: • Give an example of the word “cacophony”. Can be a sentence, phrase or representation. • ANSWER: Depends on answer person gave. For example, in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, “And being no stranger to the art of war, I have him a description of cannons, culverins, muskets, carbines, pistols, bullets, powder, swords, bayonets, battles, sieges, retreats, attacks, undermines, countermines, bombardments, sea-fights…”

  13. Topic 3 – 10 Points • QUESTION: • Give one synonym of the word “diction”. • ANSWER: The possible answers are: eloquence, fluency, intonation, phrasing, pronunciation, wording, and any others that follow.

  14. Topic 3 – 20 Points • QUESTION: • Give a synonym or antonym of the word “symbol”. • ANSWER: Possible answers are: badge, design, emblem, figure, image, indication, logo, motif, pattern, token, and any others that follow.

  15. Topic 3 – 30 Points • QUESTION: • Give at least 2 synonyms of the word “foreshadowing”. • ANSWER: Possible answers are: foretell, imply, portend, predict, presage, forebode, hint, omen, promise, prophesy, and any others that follow.

  16. Topic 3 – 40 Points • QUESTION: • Give 3 synonyms or 1 antonym of the word “dialect”. • ANSWER: Possible synonyms are: accent, idiom, language, lingo, pronunciation, slang, terminology, tongue, vocabulary, and any others that follow. • Possible antonyms are: standard.

  17. Topic 3 – 50 Points • QUESTION: • Give at least 3 synonyms or antonyms of the word “static character”. • ANSWER: Possible synonyms are: fixed, immobile, passive, stagnant, stationary, bland, and any others that follow. • Possible antonyms are: unsteady, inconstant, unstable, active, changeable, variable, and any others that follow.

  18. Topic 4 – 10 Points • QUESTION: • What kind of conflict is this? Jason VS. his fear of spiders? • ANSWER: Internal Conflict.

  19. Topic 4 – 20 Points • QUESTION: • What type of conflict is this? A character in a story struggles against another character physically. • ANSWER: External Conflict

  20. Topic 4 – 30 Points QUESTION: What type of conflict is this? Count Dracula was known to sneak out at night and gather up his victims. ANSWER: External Conflict.

  21. Topic 4 – 40 Points • QUESTION: • What type of conflict is this? Atticus and Mr. Ewell’s relationship. • ANSWER: Both internal and external.

  22. Topic 4 – 50 Points • QUESTION: • What type of conflict is this? Romeo and Juliet cannot be together. • ANSWER: Both internal and external conflict.

  23. Topic 5 – 10 Points • QUESTION: • What kind of rhyme scheme is this poem portraying? Lord of Deceit, "Trapped within a haze of fear,/ The Lord of Lies does appear./ Clouded by so much that's wrong,/ Truth gets twisted by his song." • ANSWER: AABB rhyme scheme.

  24. Topic 5 – 20 Points • QUESTION: • What word is this poem representing? "And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare/ As any she belied with false compare." • ANSWER: Rhyming Couplet.

  25. Topic 5 – 30 Points • QUESTION: • Poetry which avoids the patterns of regular rhyme or meter. • ANSWER: Free Verse

  26. Topic 5 – 40 Points • QUESTION: • What word is this poem trying to represent? "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness, but still will keep /A bower quiet for us, and a sleep / Full of sweet dreams, and quiet breathing." • ANSWER: Euphony.

  27. Topic 5 – 50 Points • QUESTION: • Give two examples of the word “cliché”. • ANSWER: Possible answers: • Avoid it like the plague, Dead as a doornail, Take the tiger by the tail, Low hanging fruit, If only walls could talk, The pot calling the kettle black, Think outside the box, Thick as thieves, But at the end of the day, Plenty of fish in the sea, Every dog has its day, Like a kid in a candy store

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