14632425946 | Allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | 0 | |
14632425947 | Allegory Example | hope/freedom being personified about moral truth | 1 | |
14632425948 | Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | 2 | |
14632425949 | Allusion Example | "Don't act like a Romeo in front of her." | 3 | |
14632425950 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 4 | |
14632425951 | Analogy Example | Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer. | 5 | |
14632425952 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 6 | |
14632425953 | Conceit Example | "The broken pot is a damaged china pot." | 7 | |
14632425954 | Extended Metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 8 | |
14632425955 | Extended Metaphor Example | "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts," | 9 | |
14632425956 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 10 | |
14632425957 | Oxymoron Example | jumbo shrimp | 11 | |
14632425958 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 12 | |
14632425959 | Paradox Example | Winners know how to lose; less is more | 13 | |
14632425960 | Synesthesia | when one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another | 14 | |
14632425961 | Synesthesia Example | a loud color or a sweet sound; taste the pain | 15 |
AP Lang Figurative Language Flashcards
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