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Literary Terms
Terms to know for the AP test
6
English
12th Grade
04/21/2007

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Ambiguity
Definition
an intentional vagueness, unclear
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Personification
Definition
giving inatimate objects qualities or characteristics of a living thing
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Simile
Definition
Comparing two unalike things by using the words like or as
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
using words that imitate sounds (ex: boom, pop, sizzle)
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Euphemism
Definition
the substitution of a less offensive term for one that is considered to be offensive
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Alliteration
Definition
The repitition of the same sounds or the same kinds of sounds, mostly consonant sounds (ex: on scrolls of silver snowy sentences)
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