AP Literature: Figurative Language Flashcards

3197045412	Allegory	An extended metaphor in which the characters, places, and objects carry meaning, typically moral and religious in nature	0
3197045413	Allusion	A reference to something else in culture: typically literary, mythological, historical, or biblical	1
3197045414	Anachronism	When something is misplaced in time, but intended to make a point	2
3197045415	Antithesis	A contrast of two equal ideas	3
3197045416	Aphorism	A short, pithy statement intended to make a point about life	4
3197045417	Apostrophe	Words spoken to a dead or inanimate object or idea	5
3197045418	Conceit	A fanciful and intellectual metaphor popular during the metaphysical period in which the metaphor was developed throughout	6
3197045419	Hyperbole	An extreme exaggeration	7
3197045420	Idiom	A language-specific saying not intended literally	8
3197045421	Metaphor	A comparison between two unlike things	9
3197045422	Metonymy	A figure of speech in which one word is substituted for another in which it is closely associated	10
3197045423	Onomatopoeia	Words that sound like what they mean	11
3197891963	Oxymoron	Words that seem to contradict each other	12
3197893621	Paradox	A seemingly nonsensical assertion assertion that actually makes sense and is true	13
3197897538	Personification	Giving inanimate objects human qualities	14
3197903186	Simile	A comparison between two unlike things using like or as	15
3197905939	Synedoche	When a part replaces a whole	16
3197907702	Synesthesia	When two senses are used together to form an image	17
3197910550	Imagery	Language used by poets, novelists and other writers to create images in the mind of the reader.	18
3197917298	Tone	An attitude of a writer toward a subject or audience. Generally conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject	19
3197923583	Theme	Universal meaning about life derived from a piece of literature	20