AP Running Notes (17-20)

Question 1

Analogy

Answer 1

An analogy is a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar

Question 2

Parallelism

Answer 2

The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter. Parallelism examples are found in literary works as well as in ordinary conversations.

Question 3

Allusion

Answer 3

a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers it is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to posses enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text.

Question 4

Metonymy

Answer 4

A figure of speech that replaces a word or phrases name with another name of a thing similar to it. it is not the same thing as a metaphor.