AP Language: Figurative Language Flashcards

7744134746	Alliteration	The repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row.	0
7744134748	Hyperbole	A trope composed of exaggerated words or ideals used for emphasis and not to be taken literally.	1
7744134750	Litotes	Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).	2
7744134752	Metaphor	A trope in which a word or phrase is transferred from its literal meaning to stand for something else. Unlike a simile, in which something is said to be "like" something else, a metaphor says something is something else.	3
7744134754	Metonymy	Figure of speech in which the name of an object or concept is replaced with a word closely related to or suggested by the original closely related to or suggested by the original.	4
7744134757	Onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	5
7744134758	Personification	A trope in which human qualities or abilities are assigned to abstractions or inanimate objects.	6
7744134760	Simile	A trope in which one states a comparison between two things that are not alike but have similarities. Unlike metaphors, similes employ "like" or "as."	7
7744134762	Synecdoche	Figure of speech - a part is used for the whole. Or the whole is used for a part.	8
7744134768	Trope	The use of a word, phrase, or image in a way not intended by its normal signification.	9
7744134769	Understatement	A restrained statement that departs from what could be said; a studied avoidance of emphasis or exaggeration, often to create a particular effect	10