This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap Language Terms – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap Language Terms Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Example: "The thunder grumbled angrily in the dark clouds." A) Anthropomorphism. B) Hyperbole. C) Pathetic Fallacy. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathetic Fallacy. 2. "Decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent." -Winston Churchill A) Analogy. B) Antithesis. C) Extended Metaphor. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 3. The literal definition of a word A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Definitive reasoning. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 4. A ..... is a seemingly contradictory situation which is actually true A) Classicism. B) Paradox. C) Motif. D) Ellipsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 5. Example: "A giant leap for mankind." A) Simile. B) Synecdoche. C) Parallelism. D) Aphorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aphorism. 6. Example: "He strutted like a rooster in a henhouse." A) Pathetic Fallacy. B) Simile. C) Synecdoche. D) Malapropism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 7. Given the prompt:Write an essay taking a position on the relationship between the AVID program and college success. Which of the following is a defensible thesis? A) Due to the support and strategies provided to them, AVID graduates are more likely to succeed in college. B) The AVID program influences college success. C) AVID provides support and teaches college readiness skills. D) Participation in the AVID program has both positive and negative aspects. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Due to the support and strategies provided to them, AVID graduates are more likely to succeed in college. 8. A reference to something famous or well known to the audience is called A) Illusion. B) Call to action. C) Rhetoric. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 9. What is a counter argument? A) How the author is expressing himself/herself. B) Credibility or character. C) A conclusion reached through reasoning. D) A statement that is in opposition to the thesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A statement that is in opposition to the thesis. 10. Art or literature characterized by an idealistic, perhaps unrealistic, view of people and the world A) Romanticism. B) Parallelism. C) Chiasmus. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romanticism. 11. What is Description A) Writing that tells a story. B) A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed. C) A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event. D) A representation or account of a person, object, or event using details. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A representation or account of a person, object, or event using details. 12. Example: "The warm sun kissed my face as I walked through the garden." A) Anthropomorphism. B) Euphemism. C) Pathetic Fallacy. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthropomorphism. 13. If someone gives more information in their argument, that is an example of A) Qualify. B) Jargon. C) Sarcasm. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qualify. 14. Something that reveals a critical attitude towards some element of life to a humorous effect A) Zuegma. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Anaphora. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satire. 15. When a word has two or more meanings and is used in a humorous way A) Pun. B) Appositive. C) Balanced sentence. D) Humorous sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 16. "Her skin was so pale, and her hair so dark, they called her snow white" is an example of A) Allusion. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 17. The environment of ideas, attitudes, and emotions that swirl around a broad issue. A) Occasion. B) Purpose. C) Audience. D) Attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occasion. 18. Ascertain A) Verify. B) Question. C) State. D) Disprove. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verify. 19. "She felt like a raft floating in the middle of an dark, endless ocean. Like her, the raft was was floating along, alone, worn out, and unable to reach a steady place in which to settle." A) Analogy. B) Antithesis. C) Paradox. D) Extended Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 20. Writing that is not meant to be take literally. A) Mood. B) Oxymoron. C) Figurative language. D) Motif. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative language. 21. Repetitive sentence structure that adds intensity and builds rhythm A) Hyperbole. B) Paradox. C) Metaphor. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 22. Example: "She sells seashells by the seashore." A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 23. An author's stance on a position and the way he or she communicates that stance/position. A) Connotation. B) Art. C) Attitude. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attitude. 24. Example: "We need all hands on deck to finish this project." A) Hyperbole. B) Euphemism. C) Synecdoche. D) Malapropism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synecdoche. 25. "Do I love you because you're beautiful?Or are you beautiful because I love you?" A) Verbal Irony. B) Maxim. C) Satire. D) Chiasmus. 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