AP Lang and Comp Figurative Language Flashcards

8608736726	allegory	The device of using and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.	0
8608766432	Alliteration	The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words.	1
8608782598	allusion	A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such an event, book, myth, place, or work of art.	2
8608803186	Ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage	3
8608861707	Analogy	A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them	4
8608875867	Antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun	5
8608896506	Antithesis	The opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite.	6
8608901961	Aphorism	A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle.	7
8608919685	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction.	8
8608942844	Atmosphere	The emotional nod created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described.	9
8608978276	Caricature	A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical feature or other characteristics.	10
8609013193	Clause	A grammatically unit that contains both a subject and a verb.	11
8609024048	Colloquial/Colloquialism	The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing.	12
8609044575	Conceit	A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects.	13
8640303661	Connotation	The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning	14
8640327930	Denotation	The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color	15
8640377551	Diction	Related to style, diction refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectivness	16
8640426193	Didactic	From the Greek, didactic literally means "teaching"	17
8640527842	Euphemism	From the Greek for "good speech"	18
8640562875	Extended Metaphor	A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work	19
8640579454	Figurative Language	Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid	20
8640594045	Figure of Speech	A device used to produce figurative languguage	21
8640626254	Generic Conventions	This term describes traditions for each genre	22
8640634500	Genre	The major category into which a literary work fits	23
8640650773	Homily	This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice	24
8640698030	Hyperbole	A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement	25
8652869679	Imagery	The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions	26
8652927224	Inference	To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented	27
8652959724	Invective	An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language	28
8664277050	Irony	The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant, or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true	29
8664306742	Litotes	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying it's opposite	30
8664342181	Loose sentence	A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses	31
8664359636	Metaphor	A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some simularity	32
8664417914	Metonymy	A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it	33
8701682326	Mood	The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work	34
8701695479	Narrative	The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events	35
8675331572	Mood	The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work	36
8675347179	Narrative	The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events	37
8675356606	Onomatopoeia	A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words	38
8675372985	Oxymoron	A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox	39
8675383235	Paradox	A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon inspection contains some degree of truth or validty	40
8675409799	Parallelism	Refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity	41
8675505182	Anaphora	A sub-type of parallelism, when the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences	42
8675579005	Parody	A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and or ridicule	43
8675607708	Pedantic	An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly Scholarly, academic, or bookish	44
8675654585	Periodic sentence	The opposite of a loose sentence, a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end	45
8701945687	Personification	A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions	46
8702020483	Point of view	in literature, the perspective in which a story is told	47
8702040627	Prose	One of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all it's forms	48
8702079144	Repetition	The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of languages, such as sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern	49
8729532340	Rhetoric	Describes the principles of governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasivly	50
8729668394	Rhetorical modes	Describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing	51
8729692301	Sarcasm	Involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something	52
8729715807	Satire	A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule	53
8729766885	Semantics	The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another	54
8729827334	Style	An evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices	55
8730026827	Subject Complement	The word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the sentence by either renaming it or describing it	56
8740129248	Subordinate Clause	Contains both a subject and a verb. Unlike the independent clause, subordinate clause cannot stand alone; it doesn't express a complete thought	57
8742455487	Syllogism	A deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion	58
8742518118	Symbol	Generally, anything that represents itself and stands for something else, something that is concrete that represents something more abstract	59
8742561685	Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or, occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part	60
8742616728	Synesthesia	When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another	61
8742641898	Syntax	The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences	62
8742686400	Theme	The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life	63
8742700352	Thesis	In expository writing, the thesis statement is the sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position	64
8742722775	Tone	Describes the author's attitude toward his material, the audience, or both	65
8742738350	Transition	A word or phrase that links different ideas	66
8742743431	Understatement	The ironic minimizing of fact, understatement presents something as less significant than it is	67
8742762326	Wit	Intellectually amusing language that suprises and delights	68