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AP Language Figurative Languafe Flashcards

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8237912633Similecomparison using like or as0
8237912634Analogya literary device that creates a relationship based on parallels or connections between two ideas.1
8237914699Metaphorthe comparison of one thing to another without the use of like or as2
8237914700Metonymya scary word for a not-so-scary concept. It's just a type of metaphor in which an object is used to describe something that's closely related to it3
8237918940Synecdochea literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part.4
8237918941Personificationgiving human traits to objects5
8237921190Allusiona figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the readers' minds.6
8237921191Apostrophea term used when a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't present in the poem.7
8237921192Paradoxa statement that contradicts itself and still seems true somehow.8
8237924172Rhetorical Questiona question that you ask without expecting an answer.9
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