AP Lit Critical Terms

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Across
  1. 1. Consider the sentence “My mom has been waiting all night for me to get home. I wouldn’t be surprised if she fell asleep”. The reference to my mom is an ________ for the word “she”.
  2. 4. Mr. Friedline is entirely too (________) when reading a story about a green monster: why do I have to know that Frankenstein's creature actually had morals?
  3. 6. Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" is an example of an (_______) because of its references to McCarthyism and the Red Scare.
  4. 8. My (_________) always kicks in when my ears pop: I feel like I can hear colors.
  5. 10. My teammates always tell me that I demonstrate too much (________), but I don’t understand, I’m just better than everyone else.
  6. 14. This sound of people talking before English class is always a (_________) for Mr. Friedline’s ears, as he always encourages us to break the silence.
  7. 15. In the song, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, the phrase “Twinkle, twinkle little star how I wonder what you are” is an example of (_________), as the speaker addresses an absent concept.
  8. 17. The final chapter of Jane Eyre was a (_________), as Jane reveals the outcome of her conflict with Rochester.
  9. 18. I find it kind of weird when my sister sings a (_____) to celebrate whenever my nephew goes to the bathroom.
  10. 19. “That wasn’t half bad” and “It isn’t rocket science” are examples of this, as they express affirmatives by the negative of their contraries.
  11. 22. Many teenagers on TikTok today believe that they are (_________)s and should have been born in the 80s.
  12. 23. Whenever telling a story, I always manage to lose my train of thought for a second before returning to my original purpose. These (__________)s always confuse whoever I am speaking to.
  13. 24. The teaching style at private schools is quite (_______), as the teachers follow strict lesson plans and are unwilling to change them.
Down
  1. 2. Sitting at the softball game earlier today, I was met by a (________) of the sounds of players yelling “Strike her out!” and “Hey batter batter…”.
  2. 3. The phrase “original copy” is an (__________), since the words “original” and “copy” contradict each other.
  3. 4. In his song “Hotel Room Service”, Pitbull sings about the (___________) “motel”, which is a combination the words of “motor” and “hotel”.
  4. 5. After losing to the worst team in the area, my coach entered a (__________), scorning my team for not taking anything seriously.
  5. 7. I wasn’t sure why Mr. Friedline paused in the middle of his speech, but this (_______) made the entire duration of the rest of English class awkward.
  6. 9. The hero, mother, and outcast are all examples of (________) in literature due to their recurring theme in literature and reflection on the human experience.
  7. 11. It took me a while to learn the (_______) process, but now every time I see a poem I can mark the metrical pattern in a matter of seconds.
  8. 12. When someone dies, saying that they have “passed away” or “taken their final breath” are much less harsh phrases than “died”, and can be considered (___________)s because of this.
  9. 13. The repetition of “go big” in the phrase “go big or go home” is an example of an (_______).
  10. 16. In the popular tv show, “Stranger Things”, Mike jumps off a cliff but is then caught by Eleven’s magic powers and brought back to the surface. This can be seen as a (_____ __ _________), as Eleven unexpectedly saves Mike in a seemingly hopeless situation.
  11. 20. The beginning of the novel Frankenstein is written in an (________) manner.
  12. 21. A coming-of-age novel. “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” is an example of this due to the main character, Charlie, learning important lessons in his early stages of life.
  13. 25. Talking through my problems with my friends is always a type of (_______) for me, and my mood always improves after doing so.