AP Literature-Literary Device Test Questions All Solved Correct.

Alliteration - Answer Repetition of consonants at the beginning of words that are near each other or repetition of ronsonants at the reigning of rods that are rear each rother. Allusion - Answer A reference to another work of literature or some cultural knowledge that contributes to meaning. Anadiplosis - Answer The repetition of the last word of one phrase, clause or sentence at the beginning of the next same structure. EX: Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. Analogy - Answer A likeness or connection between two things that are not alike in most ways Anaphora - Answer Repetition of words/sentences/phrases at the beginning of lines /sentences/paragraphs. Anaphora is prominent in the Bible (which I know to capitalize always) and in works like MLK's "I have a dream" speech Antecedent - Answer Word for which a pronoun stands. Apostrophe - Answer The direct address of someone or something that is not present. Archetype - Answer A plot or character element that recurs in cultural myths such as the quest or the descent into the underworld Assonance - Answer The repetition of vowel sounds usually internally rather than literally Asyndeton - Answer A stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses. Its use can have t eh effect of speeding up the rhythm of a passage and making a single idea more memorable. Bathos - Answer A deliberate anticlimax to make a definite point or draw attention to a falseness. May be humorous.