Random AP Literature Terms Flashcards
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| 3567192002 | euphemism | substitution for a milder word | 0 | |
| 3567192587 | hyperbole | exaggeration | 1 | |
| 3567193406 | litotes | "not"; ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary | 2 | |
| 3567195644 | syllepsis | some word applied to two others in different senses | 3 | |
| 3567196557 | chiasmus | words or phrases are repeated in reverse order | 4 | |
| 3567197981 | metonymy | substitution of an attribute for the real thing | 5 | |
| 3567198712 | synecdoche | part = whole or vice versa | 6 | |
| 3567199320 | aphorism | a concise statement of a scientific observation | 7 | |
| 3567200624 | anaphora | use of a word replacing a word used earlier in the sentence | 8 | |
| 3567201712 | apostrophe | speaker addresses an absent person | 9 | |
| 3567203073 | hypotheticals | questions | 10 |