Thursday, September 22, 2011

Pre-AP English II: Test Preview for 9/23

Tomorrow (9/23) you will be taking an AP-style multiple choice test on "By the Waters of Babylon."

Please be familiar with the following literary terms, and vocabulary prior to the test. (Just because a word appears below doesn't mean it's the "right" answer.)

Literary Terms:
  • Alliteration
  • Allusion
  • Anaphora
  • Apostrophe (not the punctuation)
  • Flashback
  • Foreshadowing
  • Hyperbole
  • Imagery
  • Metaphor
  • Metonymy
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Oxymoron
  • Paradox
  • Personification
  • Simile

Vocabulary:
  • Elusive
  • Forbade
  • Idly

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