This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap Language Vocabulary – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap Language Vocabulary Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He's no fool. A) Metaphor. B) Litotes. C) Oxymoron. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Litotes. 2. Darilyn got a very ..... comment back when she was rushing to get her coffee ordere A) Churl. B) Judicious. C) Brusque. D) Feign. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brusque. 3. To ..... is to grow and spread, not in a good way. When a cut gets infected it starts to ..... and smell bad. Emotional wounds stink too, like when you hold on to anger or pain until it starts to ..... and explodes. A) Fester. B) Genteel. C) Implode. D) Pompous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fester. 4. Twisted, devious, or disdainfully ironic A) Tactful. B) Immersion. C) Abstract. D) Wry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wry. 5. Replacing one word or phrase that sounds harsh with something that sounds nicer A) Euphemism. B) Simile. C) Allegory. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 6. Moral excellence A) Vital. B) Virtue. C) Biased. D) Censor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Virtue. 7. A story or poem where the events and/or characters represent bigger, abstract ideas like religious or political events/people/beliefs A) Allegory. B) Anaology. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allegory. 8. Buzz, hiss, hum, crack, whinny, murmur A) Inference. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 9. Her acts towards the homeless man were very ..... A) Comprehensive. B) Awe. C) Allegory. D) Conciliatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conciliatory. 10. Parody is A) An in-depth study of a well known piece of work. B) An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for criticism or to make a political statement. C) An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. D) Something that is in popular culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. 11. Barely mobile; not exerting much energy A) Reprieve. B) Enshroud. C) Hiatus. D) Languid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Languid. 12. To return an argument with a counterargument or reply with wit or sharpness A) Underscore. B) Retort. C) Conjecture. D) Exploit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retort. 13. Respectful submission A) Deferential. B) Immersion. C) Shrewd. D) Irreverent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deferential. 14. Shut the door! A) Imperative mood. B) Indicative mood. C) Mood. D) Subjective mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperative mood. 15. The going was painfully slow, but Chickenhound consoled himself on the long journey by boosting his own ego. "Maybe a silly bunch of rats could put one over on Sela. Huh, she was old and had lost a lot of her ..... Not like me! They hadn't reckoned with a smart intelligent young fox like I am.-Brian Jacques A) Virtue. B) Diligence. C) Guile. D) Benevolence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guile. 16. A riddle or a mystery; a puzzling person A) Enigma. B) Maverick. C) Aesthetic. D) Belligerent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enigma. 17. When something (object, animal, event, person, place, etc.) in a story represents itself but also stands for a bigger idea A) Symbolism. B) Simile. C) Euphemism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 18. Jumbo shrimp A) Paradox. B) Irony. C) Oxymoron. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 19. When an object, animal, or idea is given human attributes/ characteristics A) Personification. B) Allegory. C) Symbolism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 20. Peter has a (an) ..... air about him; when he speaks to his colleagues, it's as if he addresses them from up on a big, high horse. A) Swaggering. B) Braggart. C) Narcissism. D) Disdainful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disdainful. 21. When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast A) Oxymoron. B) Parallelism. C) Metonymy. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 22. I'm on a heavy diet until my wedding day. A) PARADOX. B) OXYMORON. C) METONYMY. D) ANTITHESIS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) OXYMORON. 23. At times, the grayness of the place was consumed by its own ..... noise, of bars clanging, of inmates being led through the corridors, of guards yelling out orders ..... Benjamin Weiser A) Eccentric. B) Riveting. C) Monotonous. D) Interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monotonous. 24. We must wait to hear from the crown until we make any further decisions. A) Alliteration. B) Chiasmus. C) Metonymy. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metonymy. 25. What is the antonym of "loquacious" ? A) Talkative. B) Silent. C) Verbose. D) Chatty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silent. 26. The arrangement of a work of literature A) Organization. B) Oxymoron. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organization. 27. Joe eats too quickly. A) Mood. B) Imperative mood. C) Indicative mood. D) Subjective mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indicative mood. 28. A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect A) Hyperbole. B) Mood. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 29. Keeping oneself in the background; humility A) Digression. B) Exploit. C) Self-effacing. D) Irreverent. 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