AP Eng. Language & Comp.: Rhetorical Devices--TROPES (created by mmcdowell) Flashcards

9374883216	Allusion	Reference to a historical person/event	0
9374883217	Conceit	extended comparison by exploring metaphoric possibilities in a single subject ("A Rose by any other name")	1
9374883218	Epithet	descriptive phrase highlighting key traits ("the Brown Bomber;" "the master mariner")	2
9374883219	Euphemism	use of inoffensive language in place of hurtful terms ("vertically challenged")	3
9374883220	Circumlocution	talking around" something, usually by supplying a descriptive phrase in place of a name; a form of euphemism (Lord Montague: "Let two more summers wither in their pride/Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.")	4
9374883221	Hyperbole	Intentionally exaggerated comparison for humor or wit	5
9374883222	Trope	(a form of Diction, sometimes called Figurative Language or Rhetorical Devices) - meaning is altered, twisted, "turned," or "figured" from the usual or expected for emphasis or clarity	6
9374883223	Irony	Contrast between appearance and reality	7
9374883224	Litotes	Intentional understatement, especially expressing a Houghton by denying its opposite	8
9374883225	Metaphor	indirect comparison of an implied trait between two unlike objects ("eagle eye")	9
9374883226	Metonymy	reference to someone/thing by naming one of its parts; the substitution of the name for a closely related word	10
9374883227	Onomatopoeia	using/inventing a word whose sound imitates that which it names( "buzz, humph")	11
9374883228	Oxymoron	apparent paradox (self-contradiction) by juxtaposing words that seem to contradict, yet hold a significant underlying truth ("be cruel to be kind")	12
9374883229	Paradox	a statement that is self-contradictory on the surface, yet holds an underlying truth (death celebrates life)	13
9374883230	Personification	reference to abstractions or inanimate objects as though they had human qualities or abilities	14
9374883231	Pun/ Paranomasia	repetition of single word with two different meanings; two words that sound alike but have different meaning; a single word with two different meanings in same sentence	15
9374883232	Sarcasm	irony as used to intentionally mock, taunt, or hurt someone ("nice", I say to my teammate after he missed the shot")	16
9374883233	Simile	direct comparison of a stated trait between two like objects ("freshmen are sly as foxes")	17
9374883234	Syllepsis	When a single word that governs or modifies two or more others must be understood differently with respect to each of those words, often with a witty or comical effect. Not to be confused with zeugma. ("You held your breath and the door for me" - Alanis Morissette)	18
9374883235	Synecdoche	the use of a part to signify the whole, or vice-versa ("threads" (clothes), "wheels" (car), "head of cattle," "the point of my steel")	19
9374883236	Zeugma	A general term describing when one part of speech (most often the main verb, but sometimes a noun) governs two or more other parts of a sentence (often in a series). ("But passion lends them power, time means, to meet." Shakespeare R&J)	20