Figures of Speech: AP Literature and Composition Flashcards
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| 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 |