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AP English Literature and Composition Flashcards: Function Of Personification Poetry

Study Function Of Personification Poetry 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

Identify the most likely function: "The city never sleeps" primarily conveys what idea?

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Relentless activity and a tireless, impersonal urban atmosphere. "Never sleeps" suggests constant human-like vigilance.

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In the following lines from an original poem about a couple arguing in a car during winter, what is the function of the personification in the bolded phrase? The heater coughs out lukewarm breath. Streetlights smear across the windshield like fingerprints we can't confess. Your silence sits between the seats. At the red light, the wipers argue with the sleet, back and forth, back and forth— a metronome for what we won't say, until the glass gives up and blurs.
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