AP Language: Figurative Language Flashcards
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| 8417548348 | Alliteration | "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." | 0 | |
| 8417548349 | Hyperbole | A trope composed of exaggerated words or ideals used for emphasis and not to be taken literally. | 1 | |
| 8417548350 | Hyperbole | "I've told you a million times not to call me a liar!" | 2 | |
| 8417548354 | Metaphor | "Debt is a bottomless sea." | 3 | |
| 8417548356 | Metonymy | "Crown" to mean "king" ("The power of the crown was mortally weakened") or an author for his works ("I'm studying Shakespeare"). Mark Antony's speech in Julius Caesar in which he asks of his audience: "Lend me your ears." | 4 | |
| 8417548357 | Onomatopoeia | Crash, zing, splash, kaboom. Bing. | 5 | |
| 8417548358 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 6 | |
| 8417548360 | Personification | "Integrity thumbs its nose at pomposity." | 7 | |
| 8417548362 | Simile | "Her eyes are as blue as a robin's egg." | 8 | |
| 8417548364 | Synecdoche | Hired hands for workmen | 9 | |
| 8417548365 | Synecdoche | The law for police officer | 10 | |
| 8417548366 | Synecdoche | Cutthroat for assassin | 11 | |
| 8417548367 | Synecdoche | Thief for pickpocket | 12 | |
| 8417548368 | Synecdoche | Steel for sword | 13 | |
| 8417548370 | Understatement | You'll write a couple essays in AP Language and Composition | 14 |