AP Literature Flashcards

8675750174	Anaphora	The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a clause	0
8675754402	Consonance	the repetition of a consonant sound within a series of words to produce a harmonious effect, e.g., And each slow dusk a drawing-down on blinds. The "d" sound is in consonance.	1
8675759198	Simile	A comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the words like or as.	2
8675762683	Metaphor	comparison without the use of like or as.	3
8675770178	Personification	is a kind of metaphor which gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics	4
8675783149	Onomonopia	the use of words in which the sounds seem to resemble the sounds they describe, e.g., hiss, buzz, bang	5
8675788453	Understatement	The opposite of hyperbole. It is a kind of irony which deliberately represents something as much less than it really is,	6
8675820186	Paradox	a statement which contradicts itself. It may seem almost absurd.	7
8675826983	Hyperbole	a deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration.	8
8675843257	Oxymoron	a form of paradox which combines a pair of contrary terms into a single expression. This combination usually serves the purpose of shocking the reader into awareness, e.g., sweet sorrow	9
8675850845	Irony	the result of a statement saying one thing while meaning the opposite. Its purpose is usually to criticize, e.g., It is simple to stop smoking. I've done it many times.	10
8675853491	Sarcasm	a type of irony in which a person appears to be praising something while he is actually insulting the thing. Its purpose is to injure or hurt, e.g., As I fell down the stairs headfirst, I heard her say "Look at that coordination."	11
8675854710	Antithesis	involves a direct contrast of structurally parallel word groupings generally for the purpose of contrast, e.g., Sink or swim.	12
8675855987	Apostrophe	Apostrophe is a form of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present, and the inanimate as if animate.	13
8675857728	Allusion	a reference to a mythological, literary, historical, or Biblical person, place, or thing	14
8675859596	Synecdoche (Metonymy)	is a form of metaphor. In synecdoche, a part of something is used to signify the whole,	15