AP Practice Test: Video 4 Answers (25 Questions)

Question 1

What is the term for a contrast between expectation and reality?

Accepted Answer

Irony

Answer

Irony is a contrast between what is expected and what actually occurs.

Question 2

When a poetic line continues onto the next without a pause, this is called:

Accepted Answer

Enjambment

Answer

Enjambment carries a sentence across a line break without pause.

Question 3

What literary device gives human qualities to non-human things?

Accepted Answer

Personification

Answer

Personification attributes human traits to non-human entities.

Question 4

A 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter is most likely a:

Accepted Answer

Sonnet

Answer

A sonnet is a 14-line poem traditionally in iambic pentameter.

Question 5

Clues an author plants to hint at future events are an example of:

Accepted Answer

Foreshadowing

Answer

Foreshadowing gives advance hints about what will happen later.