ap english-figurative language Flashcards
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| 7278824591 | simile | comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as" (today im feeling as fresh as a daisy) | 0 | |
| 7278829064 | metaphor | statement that two unlike things are alike ( the clouds are cottonballs in the sky) | 1 | |
| 7278950527 | personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea (the car danced across the icy road) | 2 | |
| 7278956464 | zoomorphism | giving something animal qualities (you were like a thieving dog) | 3 | |
| 7278962853 | allusion | a reference to something historical/mythological (gina had a smile that rivaled mona lisa's) | 4 | |
| 7278967334 | onomatopoeia | a word that imitates the sound it makes (boom, bang, pop, splash) | 5 | |
| 7278970422 | oxymoron | two word contradiction (jumbo shrimp, deafening silence) | 6 | |
| 7278977411 | anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines (it was... it was... it was ) | 7 | |
| 7278985863 | polysyndeton | using many grammatically unnecessary conjunctions (go and hunt her, and find her, and kill her) | 8 | |
| 7278993212 | asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words (they dove, splashed, floated,splashed,swam, snorted) | 9 | |
| 7278999819 | amplification | repeat a term with additional information (rudolph the red nose reindeer had a very shiny nose, and if you ever saw him, you would even say it glows) | 10 | |
| 7279004789 | rhetorical question | a stylistic question used to make a point | 11 | |
| 7279007937 | metonymy | substitute a familiar expression for another one (the pen is mightier than the sword) | 12 | |
| 7279017047 | synecdoche | when you use a part to represent a whole, or vice versa (i have four mouths to feed at home) | 13 | |
| 7279020265 | antithesis | to show contrast in parallel structure ( one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind) | 14 | |
| 7279028405 | hyperbole | exaggeration of statements or claims, not meant to be taken seriously (it was so cold i was polar bears wearing jackets) | 15 | |
| 7279034922 | eponym | calling someone the name of someone famous | 16 | |
| 7279038372 | apostrophe | address and instigate an object or idea in a loft way | 17 | |
| 7279044637 | alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds (she sells seashells by the seashore) | 18 |