AP Language: Figurative Language Flashcards
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| 5874656229 | Simile Definition | - comparison using "like" or "as", must be 2 unlike objects. | 0 | |
| 5874656230 | Simile Example | - "Trump is as orange as a cheeto." | 1 | |
| 5874656231 | Personification Definition | - gives human qualities to objects/non-living objects. - gives power to the thing being personified. | 2 | |
| 5874656232 | Personification Example | - "The painting spoke to me." | 3 | |
| 5874656233 | Metaphor Definition | - comparison of 2 unlike things by saying one thing is the other. | 4 | |
| 5874656234 | Metaphor Example | - "Her eyes were 2 bright stars in the heavens." | 5 | |
| 5874656235 | Implied Metaphor Definition | - comparing 2 unlike things by giving one the attributes of the other. | 6 | |
| 5874656236 | Implied Metaphor Example | - "His voice cascaded through the hallways." (rather than his voice was a cascade in the hallways) | 7 | |
| 5874656237 | Metonymy Definition | - an entity is referred to by one of it's associations. | 8 | |
| 5874656238 | Metonymy Example | - "school called & said we're having a snow day." - in reality, the principal called but you're associating the principal w/ the school. | 9 | |
| 5874656239 | Synedoche Defnition | - a part of something that is used to refer to the whole. | 10 | |
| 5874656240 | Synedoche Example | - Saying you bought a "new set of wheels" when you bought a car. | 11 | |
| 5874656241 | Pun Definition | - the use of a word that suggests two of it's meanings or the meaning of a homonym. | 12 | |
| 5874656242 | Pun Example | - "I would tell you a chemistry joke but all my good ones argon". | 13 | |
| 5874656243 | Onomatopoeia Definition | - the word is the sound. | 14 | |
| 5874656244 | Onomatopoeia Example | - BAM!! wham! SNAP!!! | 15 | |
| 5874656245 | Hyperbole Definition | - to make an exaggeration, an intentional overstatement for dramatic effect. - should be obvious. | 16 | |
| 5874656246 | Hyperbole Example | "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse." | 17 | |
| 5874656247 | Litotes Definition | - intentional understatement for ironic effect. | 18 | |
| 5874656248 | Litotes Example | - "The woman's singing was atrocious, heinous, and inexorably penetrating. It bothered me same." | 19 | |
| 5874656249 | Irony Definition | - words are meant to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. | 20 | |
| 5874656250 | Irony Example | - saying "oh wonderful" after failing an exam. | 21 | |
| 5874656251 | Oxymoron Definition | - words that have apparently contradictory meanings are placed near each other, usually to describe something. | 22 | |
| 5874656252 | Oxymoron Example | - "jumbo shrimp", "bittersweet". | 23 | |
| 5874656253 | Dichotamous Definition | - dual nature, can be shown through paradoxes & oxymorons. | 24 | |
| 5874656254 | Rhetorical Question Definition | - a question that expects no response, should be very obvious. | 25 | |
| 5874656255 | Rhetorical Question Example | - "Do I really look that dumb to you?" | 26 | |
| 5874656256 | Paradox Definition | - a statement that contradicts itself, is illogical, or defies intuition, yet still has some truth. | 27 | |
| 5874656257 | Paradox Example | - "I always lie." | 28 | |
| 5874656258 | Apostrophe Definition | - when a speaker breaks off & directs their exclamation to an imaginary thing or abstract concept. | 29 | |
| 5874656259 | Apostophe Example | - "Where O'Death, thy sting? Where, O'Death, thy victory?" (Paul in 1st Corinthians) | 30 | |
| 5874656260 | Periphrasis Definition | - substituting a description for a proper name. | 31 | |
| 5874656261 | Periphrasis Example | - Calling someone w/ red hair "carrot-top". | 32 |