6492605935 | Metonymy | Using something loosely associated with what it's intended to represent | 0 | |
6492615957 | Synecdoche | Using a part of the thing to mean the whole thing itself | 1 | |
6492619109 | Paradox | An apparent contradiction that actually may contain a universal truth | 2 | |
6492626509 | Motif | A recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation that appears throughout the same work | 3 | |
6492635679 | Apostrophe | direct address or calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place, inanimate object, or idea | 4 | |
6492641717 | Pathos | The quality in a work that arouses emotion of pity, sorrow, or sympathy from the reader | 5 | |
6492649313 | Symbol | Thing that has meaning of its own but also stand for an idea beyond itself | 6 | |
6492653486 | Hyperbole | Statement of exaggeration | 7 | |
6492686200 | Litotes | Understatement in which the truth is expressed by negating its opposite | 8 | |
6492690738 | Euphemism | A mild pleasant word or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant of offensive | 9 | |
6492697000 | Allusion | Reference to a well-known historical or literary figure or event | 10 | |
6492701014 | Parallelism | Showing that words, phrases, clauses, or larger structures are comparable in content and importance by placing them side by side and making them similar in form | 11 | |
6492716410 | Onomatopoeia | The use of words whose sound imitates meaning | 12 | |
6492723877 | Chiasmus | Grammatically balanced statement of contradictory ideas; an inverted relationship between parallel phrases | 13 | |
6492735084 | Synesthesia | An image of sense evoked by a sense besides the one being stimulated | 14 | |
6492738713 | Ellipsis | Leaving out unnecessary words...for the phrase to be better understood | 15 | |
6492744785 | Colloquial | A familiar, informal style or expression | 16 | |
6492747790 | Denotation | The exact, dictionary meaning of a particular word | 17 | |
6492753803 | Connotation | Emotional word associations usually based on individual experience, regional experience, or universal implications | 18 | |
6492760741 | Oxymoron | Two contradictory words or phrases are combined in a single expression, giving the effect of a condensed paradox | 19 |
AP Literature (Literary Techniques) Flashcards
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