AP Literature and Composition Literary Terms List
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English
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11th Grade
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Clayton Metcalfe
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Metaphor
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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things by saying one thing is another.
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Personification
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A figure of speech in which non-human things are given human characteristics.
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Simile
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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.
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Synecdoche
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A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole or vice versa.
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Metonymy
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A figure of speech in which something is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it.
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Overstatement/Hyperbole
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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
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Understatement
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A figure of speech in which something is presented as less important or serious than it actually is.
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