AP Literature Chapter 19 Terms Flashcards

7952169691	Simile	A comparison of two things, indicated by some connective, usually like, as, or than, or a verb such as resembles	0
7952172059	Metaphor	A statement that one thing is something else, which, in a literal sense, it is not.	1
7952174510	Implied Metaphor	A metaphor that uses neither connectives nor the verb to be.	2
7952176257	Mixed Metaphor	The (usually unintentional) combining of two or more incompatible metaphors, resulting in ridiculousness or nonsense.	3
7952178588	Personification	The endowing of a thing, an animal, or an abstract term with human characteristics.	4
7952180854	Apostrophe	A direct address to someone or something.	5
7952183286	Overstatement	Also called hyperbole. Exaggeration used to emphasize a point.	6
7952185700	Understatement	An ironic figure of speech that deliberately describes something in a way that is less than the case	7
7952188746	Metonymy	Figure of speech in which the name of a thing is substituted for that of another closely associated with it.	8
7952190274	Synecdoche	The use of a significant part of a thing to stand for the whole of it, or vice versa.	9
7952191976	Paradox	A statement that at first strikes one as self-contradictory, but that on reflection reveals some deeper sense.	10