AP Figurative Language Terms Flashcards

5643207504	Allusion	A reference to a historical or literary figure, place, event, or a work of art	0
5643215610	Ambiguity	Allows for two or more simultaneous interpretations or a word, phrase, actions, or situation; all of which can be supported by the context of a work	1
5643222057	Analogy	A broad comparison between two basically different things that have some points in common	2
5643227208	Apostrophe	A figure of speech wherein the speaker speaks directly to something nonhuman or that cannot speak back	3
5643233843	Simile	A direct comparison between two basically different things. A simile is introduced by the words "like" or "as"	4
5643252231	Metaphor	An implied comparison between two things basically different things. It is not introduced with the words "like" or "as"	5
5643265015	Conceit	An elaborate comparison of two seemingly dislike things. Usually ingenious and clever.	6
5643274512	Personification	Human characteristics are given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas	7
5643291108	Anthropomorphism	Form of personification that gives human characteristics to non-humans, primarily the gods or animals	8
5643298152	Hyperbole	A great exaggeration to emphasize strong feeling	9
5643301831	Understatement (Litotes)	The opposite of hyperbole. Deliberately represents something as being much less than it really is	10
5643310883	Irony	An expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect	11
5643335890	Synecdoche	A part that stands for the whole or vice versa	12
5643376002	Metonymy	A term naming an object is substituted for another words with which it is closely associated with	13
5643382425	Paradox	The use of concepts/ideas that are contradictory to one another, yet, when place together, it has significant value	14
5643390988	Synesthesia	A term is applied in literature to the description of one kind of sensation in terms of another	15