AP Lit Quiz 8

Question 0

Canon

Answer 0

A general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged

Question 1

Bathos

Answer 1

An effect of anticlimax

Question 2

Epistolary

Answer 2

Relating to or denoting the writing of letters or literary works in the form of letters

Question 3

Ethos

Answer 3

The characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations

Question 4

Eye rhyme

Answer 4

A similarity between words in spelling but not in pronunciation

Question 5

Foot

Answer 5

A group of syllables constituting a metrical unit

Question 6

Begging the question

Answer 6

A type of informal fallacy in which an implicit premise would directly entail the conclusion

Question 7

Feminine rhyme

Answer 7

A rhyme between stressed syllables followed by one or more unstressed syllables

Question 8

Logos

Answer 8

The word of God, or principle of divine reason and creative

Question 9

Masculine rhyme

Answer 9

A rhyme of final stressed syllables

Question 10

Melodrama

Answer 10

A sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions