AP language Flashcards

3146005679	Analogy	Comparison in which an idea or theme is compared to another thing that is quite different from it	0
3146005680	Analogy example	Life is like a race the one who keeps running wins and the one who stops to take a breath loses	1
3146005681	Personification	Giving humanlike qualities to nonhuman things	2
3146005682	Personification example	The stars danced in the night sky	3
3146005683	Parallelism	Using elements in sentences that are grammatically similar or are identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter	4
3146005684	Parallelism example	What you see is what you get	5
3146005685	Anaphora	Beginning several lines or phrases with the same word. Creates parallelism or a rhythm	6
3146005686	Anaphora example	Five years has passed five Summers five long winters	7
3146005687	Litote	Figure of speech employs an understatement by using double negatives	8
3146005688	Litote example	Not too bad	9
3146005689	Pun	A joke explaining the different possible meanings of a word	10
3146005690	Pun example	I was wondering why the ball was getting closer, then it hit me	11
3146005691	Antithesis	When two opposite ideas are put in a sentence to produce a contrasting affect	12
3146005692	Antithesis example	Speech is silver but silence is gold	13
3146005693	Chiasum	Rhetorical device of when 2 or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures	14
3146005694	Chiasum example	Never let a kiss fool you or a fool kiss you	15
3146005695	Aphorism	Statement of truth or opinion expressed in a witty matter	16
3146005696	Aphorism example	The man who removes a mountain begins by moving small stones	17
3146005697	Rhetorical question	A question asked for an affect or emphasis; an answer is not expected	18
3146005698	Rhetorical question example	A girl asks if you love her you say is the Pope Catholic?	19
3146005699	Assonance	The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in nearby words. Used to set mood or enhance meaning of words	20
3146005700	Assonance example	If I bleat when I speak it's because I just got fleeced	21
3146005701	Consonance	Caused by the repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence; usually appears in the middle or end of the word	22
3146005702	Consonance example	Norm the worm fled from the storm	23
3146005703	Imagery	Use of figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas in such a way that appeals to ones physical senses	24
3146005704	Imagery example	As the light steady wind blows in the dark grey sky	25
3146005705	Onomatopoeia	Words that imitate a sound	26
3146005706	Onomatopoeia example	Bang crash	27
3146005707	Metaphor	Figure of speech in which a word or a phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable	28
3146005708	Metaphor example	He drowned in a sea of grief	29
3146005709	Simile	Comparison of two unlike things using like or as	30
3146005710	Simile example	The café was like a battleship stripped for action	31
3146005711	Extended metaphor	The comparison of two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences or phrases	32
3146005712	Implied metaphor	When the characteristic being compared between two objects is not directly stated and left up to the reader to imply meaning	33
3146005713	Implied metaphor example	She she told her husband to go fetch dinner	34
3146005714	Apostrophe	When a poet addresses an abstract idea, absent person or thing	35
3146005715	Apostrophe example	Yelling at a telephone when you know the telephone will not respond	36
3146005716	Oxymoron	When two opposite or contrasting words are joined together	37
3146005717	Oxymoron example	The living dead	38
3146005718	Allusion	A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical cultural or literary Or political significance	39
3146005719	Irony	The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite	40
3146005720	Irony example	Escalators leading up to the workout room	41
3146005721	Satire	Use of irony or sarcasm to expose and criticize peoples stupidity	42
3146005722	Satire example	Censorship is so stupid ******	43
3146005723	Parody	Imitation of the style of a certain writer or genre using exaggeration for a comic effect	44
3146005724	Parody example	Shakespeare mocking poets of his time	45
3146005725	Understatement	Making something seem less important than it really is	46
3146005726	Understatement example	I have a tiny tumor in my brain	47
3146005727	Euphemism	Polite expression in a place where words may typically be harsh to hear	48
3146005728	Euphemism example	Saying someone bit the dust instead of saying they died	49
3146005729	Cliché	An expression that is been overused so it loses its original meaning	50
3146005730	Cliché	And they all lived happily ever after	51
3146005731	Climax	Artistic arrangement of a list of items that appear in a sequence of increasing importance	52
3146005732	Asyndeton	When an author leaves out conjunctions between words phrases or ideas	53
3146005733	Asyndeton example	I came, I saw, I conquered	54
3146005734	Polysyndeton	Several coordinating conjunctions used in succession to create an artistic effect	55
3146005735	Polysyndeton example	If there be cords, or fire, or knives, or wolves	56
3146005736	Anecdote	Short or interesting story usually use to open a paper	57
3146005737	Zeugma	When a verb or adjective is used like a noun	58
3146005738	Zeugma example	They cover themselves with Dust and glory	59