AP Literature Literary and Poetic Devices

What is the term for:

an indirect reference to something (usually a literary text, although it can be other things commonly known, such as plays, songs, historical events) with which the reader is supposed to be familiar.

• illusion

• rhetoric

• allusion

• analogy

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is the term this example represents:

“A rolling stone gathers no moss.”

Hint: Similar to aphorism and colloquialism.

• adage

• euphemism

• analogy

• personification

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

The correct term for:

the opposite of “Literal Language” is....

• diction

• connotation

• denotation

• figurative language

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is the correct term for:

A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts. Sometimes they are used for political correctness.

Ex: “Physically challenged,” in place of “crippled.”

• colloquialism

• metonymy

• euphemism

• synecdoche

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is the term for a a kind of metonymy when a whole is represented by naming one of its parts, or vice versa.

Ex: “Check out my new wheels.”

• euphemism

• analogy

• simile

• synecdoche

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is the term used when an author:

Replaces an actual word or idea, with a related word or concept.

Ex: “I could not understand his tongue,”

• metonymy

• synechdoche

• metaphor

• illusion

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

My feet are so cold they feel like popsicles” is an example of:

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

"America is to the world as the hippo is to the jungle” is an example of:

• a metaphor

• simile

• analogy

• personification

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

Word or words that create a picture in the reader's mind. Usually this involves the five senses is a literary device referred to as:

• imagery

• illsuion

• metaphor

• idiom

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A long, emotionally violent, attack using strong, abusive language is referred to as:

• diction

• invective

• connotation

• inuendo