AP Literature Terms Flashcards

6425779984	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special	0
6425781470	metonymy	figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as " scepter " for " sovereignty, " or " the bottle " for " strong drink, " or " count heads (or noses) " for " count people. "	1
6425826948	apostrophe	to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word	2
6425829126	phlegmatic	not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish	3
6425830682	splenetic	irritable; spiteful	4
6425863783	melancholy	gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression	5
6425865470	sanguine	hopeful or confident	6
6425871860	choleric	easily angered	7
6425873396	metaphor	something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.	8
6425900212	simile	a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in " she is like a rose. " .	9