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 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Pick the term that matches the definition:an urgent need or demand, a spark A) Chiasmus. B) Allusion. C) Line of reasoning. D) Exigence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exigence. 2. Which word means "to cover completely" ? A) Bolster. B) Enshroud. C) Lament. D) Curtail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enshroud. 3. An expression that uses language in a non-literal way, such as metaphor or synecdoche, or in a structured or unusual way, such as anaphora or chiasmus, or that employs sounds, such as alliteration or assonance, to achieve a rhetorical effect. A) Tone. B) Metaphor. C) Detail. D) Figure of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Figure of speech. 4. A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way (e.g. showing something is foolish, weak, bad, etc.) A) Satire. B) Didactic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Satire. 5. AP Language Vocabulary A) Verbose. B) Concise. C) Loquacious. D) Garrulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concise. 6. Cheryl was very ..... towards her parents. A) Submissive. B) Allegory. C) Awe. D) Levity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Submissive. 7. Which term describes a figure of speech where an object, animal, or idea is given human attributes? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 8. Addressing someone absent or dead or something nonhuman as if that person or thing were there; usually starts with "O" or "Oh" like "O, Death ..... " A) Apostrophe. B) Euphemism. C) Allegory. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. 9. A resemblance of relations:an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things or otherwise entirely different. A) Allusion. B) Allegory. C) Analogy. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 10. Which of the following sentences uses the word 'ephemeral' correctly? A) The ephemeral speech lasted for hours. B) Her ephemeral beauty was captured in the painting. C) The ephemeral mountain stood tall for centuries. D) His ephemeral decision was well thought out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her ephemeral beauty was captured in the painting. 11. He's no fool. A) Metaphor. B) Litotes. C) Oxymoron. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Litotes. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. Twisted, devious, or disdainfully ironic A) Tactful. B) Immersion. C) Abstract. D) Wry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wry. 15. 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. 16. Moral excellence A) Vital. B) Virtue. C) Biased. D) Censor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Virtue. 17. 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. 18. Buzz, hiss, hum, crack, whinny, murmur A) Inference. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 19. Her acts towards the homeless man were very ..... A) Comprehensive. B) Awe. C) Allegory. D) Conciliatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conciliatory. 20. 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. 21. Barely mobile; not exerting much energy A) Reprieve. B) Enshroud. C) Hiatus. D) Languid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Languid. 22. 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. 23. Respectful submission A) Deferential. B) Immersion. C) Shrewd. D) Irreverent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deferential. 24. Shut the door! A) Imperative mood. B) Indicative mood. C) Mood. D) Subjective mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperative mood. 25. 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. 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