Ap Language Vocabulary Quiz 3 (25 MCQs)

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1. Pick the term that matches the definition:an urgent need or demand, a spark
2. Which word means "to cover completely" ?
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.
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.)
5. AP Language Vocabulary
6. Cheryl was very ..... towards her parents.
7. Which term describes a figure of speech where an object, animal, or idea is given human attributes?
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 ..... "
9. A resemblance of relations:an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things or otherwise entirely different.
10. Which of the following sentences uses the word 'ephemeral' correctly?
11. He's no fool.
12. Darilyn got a very ..... comment back when she was rushing to get her coffee ordere
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.
14. Twisted, devious, or disdainfully ironic
15. Replacing one word or phrase that sounds harsh with something that sounds nicer
16. Moral excellence
17. A story or poem where the events and/or characters represent bigger, abstract ideas like religious or political events/people/beliefs
18. Buzz, hiss, hum, crack, whinny, murmur
19. Her acts towards the homeless man were very .....
20. Parody is
21. Barely mobile; not exerting much energy
22. To return an argument with a counterargument or reply with wit or sharpness
23. Respectful submission
24. Shut the door!
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