AP Lit Quiz 10

Question 0

Olfactory

Answer 0

Referring to the sense of smell

Question 1

Cacophony

Answer 1

Harsh and jarring sound; dissonance

Question 2

Gustatory

Answer 2

Of or having to do with the sense of taste

Question 3

Envoy

Answer 3

A postscript to a poem, essay or look, containing a dedication, climactic summary, explanation.

Question 4

Stream of consciousness

Answer 4

Using a narrative technique whereby the thoughts, precepts etc, are rendered in a direct, free flowing manner

Question 5

Vehicle

Answer 5

The word or term whose usual, literal meaning is applied in a figurative, non-literal way

Question 6

Mordacious

Answer 6

Biting, sharp, acrid, or caustic

Question 7

Meliorate

Answer 7

To make or become better; to improve

Question 8

Lea

Answer 8

A meadow or grassy field

Question 9

Iconoclast

Answer 9

One who attacks and seeks to destroy widely accepted ideas, beliefs, etc

Question 10

Apostasy

Answer 10

An abandoning of what one has believed in, as a faith, cause, or principles

Question 11

Effulgence

Answer 11

Great lightness; radiance, brilliance

Question 12

Cynosure

Answer 12

Any person or thing that is in a center or attention or interest

Question 13

Sestina

Answer 13

Unrhymed, six stanza with six lines each and a final tercet, verse poem.

Question 14

Implied metaphor

Answer 14

Subtle comparison.