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AP English Literature and Composition Flashcards: Function Of Metaphor Short Fiction

Study Function Of Metaphor Short Fiction in AP English Literature and Composition with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

What is the most common function of metaphor in setting description?

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To create mood and atmosphere through vivid associative imagery. Sensory associations from metaphors establish emotional tone.

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AP English Literature and Composition: Short Fiction

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Read the following excerpt from a short story: At the community garden, Mrs. Alvarez corrected Rowan's grip on the trowel with gentle impatience. "You can't bully the soil," she said. "It remembers." Rowan laughed, but he loosened his hand. He had come to the garden to be useful, to make something grow where his life felt stalled. As he pressed seeds into the dark earth, he imagined them as small decisions, each one requiring faith in a future he could not yet picture. Patience, Rowan thought, was a clock that refused to hurry. What is the primary function of the metaphor "a clock that refused to hurry" in the excerpt?
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