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This AP Literature Practice Quiz 1 focuses on analyzing rhetorical strategies and language use in a nineteenth-century essay. It assesses understanding of literary techniques and critical reading skills essential for AP...

Questions: 14 | Attempts: 602 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

Sample Question 1
Which of the following best describes the rhetorical function of the second sentence in the passage?

It makes an appeal to authority .

It restates the thesis of the passage .

It expresses the causal relationship between morality and writing style .

It provides a specific example for the preceding generalization

It presents a misconception that the author will correct .

Sample Question 2
Which of the following phrases does the author use to illustrate the notion of an unnatural and pretentious writing style?

“unconnected, slipshod allusions’’ (line 4)

“throw words together’’ (lines 5)

“gabble on at a venture’’ (line 15)

“get upon stilts’’ (line 20)

“pitch upon the very word’’ (line 22)

Sample Question 3
In lines 6–22 of the passage, the author uses an extended analogy between

Language and morality

Preaching and acting

Writing and speaking

Vulgar English and incorrect pronunciation

Ordinary life and the theater

Recent Literary Criticism Approaches Quizzes

Archetypal Criticism Quiz

Explore the concept of archetypal criticism through this quiz. Assess your understanding of recurrent symbols and motifs across diverse cultures and literary works, enhancing your analytical skills in recognizing universal...

Questions: 6 | Attempts: 3010 | Last updated: May 1, 2024

Sample Question
Archetypal criticism....?

Deals with the similarities of patterns in the literature of widely diverse cultures.

Focuses on a readers active engagement with a piece of print or non-print text.

Examines how differing religious beliefs, ethnicities, identifications, political beliefs, and individual viewpoints affect how texts are created and interpreted.

Focuses on relationships between genders.

The Scarlet Ibis - Final Test

This final test on 'The Scarlet Ibis' assesses comprehension of key literary devices and themes in the short story. It evaluates understanding of metaphors, similes, and personification, enhancing literary analysis skills...

Questions: 13 | Attempts: 609 | Last updated: Mar 19, 2023

Sample Question
"I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible, thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death" (Hurst 354). Which literary device is being used in this quote?

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

Literary Terms, Devices And Plot Used In The Epic Poem Beowulf

literary terms, devices and plot used in the epic poem Beowulf

This test will show your understanding of the literary terms, devices and plot used in the epic poem Beowulf.

Questions: 46 | Attempts: 437 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023

Sample Question
Where is Beowulf from?

Geatland

Herot

Denmark

Chicago

Literary Devices In Romeo And Juliet

Literary Devices in Romeo and Juliet

See if you can identify the literary devices used in this lines from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 4742 | Last updated: Aug 28, 2023