AP Language and Composition Tropes Flashcards
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| 5813343619 | Trope | Any artful variation from the typical expressions of ideas or words. | 0 | |
| 5813353860 | Synecdoche | A part of something is used to refer to the whole. | 1 | |
| 5813353861 | Metonymy | An entity is referred to by one of its attributes. | 2 | |
| 5813355764 | Personification | Inanimate objects are given human characteristics. | 3 | |
| 5813355765 | Pun | A word that suggests two of its meanings or the meaning of a homonym. | 4 | |
| 5813355766 | Anthimeria | One part of speech, usually a verb, substitutes for another, usually a noun. | 5 | |
| 5813357051 | Onomatopoeia | Sounds of the words used are related to their meaning. | 6 | |
| 5813357052 | Hyperbole | An ironic overstatement. | 7 | |
| 5813357053 | Litotes | An ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary. | 8 | |
| 5813357921 | Irony | Words are meant to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. | 9 | |
| 5813357922 | Oxymoron | Words that have apparently contradictory meanings are placed near each other. | 10 | |
| 5813358537 | Rhetorical Question | A question is designed not to secure an answer but to move the development of an idea forward and suggest a point | 11 |