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AP English Literature and Composition 1.8 Passage Drill 2. What is the principle effect of the author's allusions in lines 10-11?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.5 Passage Drill 5. What is the principle effect of the anaphora in lines 10-12?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.9 Passage Drill 5. Which of the following lines best expresses a paradox?
AP® English Literature and Composition: DBQ/Free Response. Compare and contrast the perspectives on the subject at hand, as well as the different...
In line 27, the adjective "inexpressible" is used
The list in lines 28-30, ("you make take sarza for the liver…castoreum for the brain") chiefly serves to
The phrase "it is that which tieth the knot" (line 45) is best understood as
The phrase "the heavy scent of latest America" (line 13) is best interpreted as
The metaphor of a card game that the author uses in lines 7-8 serves primarily to
The imagery in lines 19-24 ("A pair…who's there") best serves to create the effect of
The phrase "a fair exotic" (line 67) emphasizes Caroline's
Which of the following best describes the effect of the personification used in lines 10-13?
The speaker uses which literary device to contrast Spring with Autumn in the second stanza?
The aural imagery of chords "sad and low" (line 15) serves to
The primary purpose of the imagery in line 17 ("Be our eyes fixed on the grass") is to
The primary function of the phrase "Shadow-veiled as the years pass" in line 18 is to
In line 1, the farm house that "lingers" represents