7458023842 | Allegory | An extended association, often sustained in every element and throughout an entire work. | 0 | |
7458014668 | Alliteration | Repeats a consonant sound at the start of several neighboring words. | 1 | |
7458014669 | Allusion | Hints at a well-known thing to compare it with something else. | 2 | |
7458014670 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound in non-rhyming words that are close together. | 3 | |
7458014671 | Hyperbole | Extravagant exaggeration used to emphasize a point. | 4 | |
7458014672 | Idiom | A phrase that means something not related to the real meaning of the words. | 5 | |
7458039801 | Irony | A meaning or outcome contrary to what is expected. | 6 | |
7458014673 | Metaphor | A phrase comparing two objects or idea without using the words "like" or "as". | 7 | |
7458050842 | Metonymy | Using the name of one thing to refer to another thing associated with it. | 8 | |
7458014674 | Oxymoron | A combination of words that mean the opposite of each other. | 9 | |
7458014675 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the thing it describes. | 10 | |
7458014676 | Personification | Gives human qualities to an object or animal. | 11 | |
7458014677 | Similes | Compares two objects or ideas by using the words "like" or "as". | 12 | |
7458064200 | Symbol | A person, place, object, or image that represents more that its literal meaning. | 13 | |
7458074318 | Synecdoche | A form of metonymy in which the part represents the whole. | 14 |
Figures of Speech: AP Literature and Composition Flashcards
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