AP Language: Figurative Language Flashcards
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| 9425217002 | Litotes | ironic understatement (you won't be sorry!) | 0 | |
| 9425252297 | Antithesis | opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other | 1 | |
| 9425277243 | Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect | 2 | |
| 9425347896 | Euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. ( We let him go) | 3 | |
| 9425393775 | Metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing. | 4 | |
| 9425433804 | Synecdoche | 5 |