AP Literature and Composition Set 7 Flashcards

7958919697	Figure of Speech	A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level.	0
7958919698	Figurative Language	Language employing figures of speech; language that cannot be taken literally or only literally.	1
7958919699	Apostrophe	A figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent or dead person, and abstract quality, or something nonhuman as if it were present and capable of responding.	2
7958919700	Hyperbole	The use of exaggeration to express strong emotion or comic effect. It is also known as overstatement.	3
7958919701	Metonymy/Synecdoche	It is a form of metaphor that uses a closely related idea for the idea itself, such as "...every nation, tribe, and tongue" (instead of language) or "I love Shakespeare" (instead of his literary works). It is also a part of something used to signify the whole, such as "Get your butt in here right now!"	4
7958919702	Overstatement	Exaggeration in the service of truth for an effect.	5
7958919703	Irony	A contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality.	6
7958919704	Personification	The giving of human attributes to an animal, thing, of idea.	7
7958919705	Paradox	An apparent or seeming contradiction which is nevertheless true like "life after death."	8
7958919706	Anthropomorphism	The assignment of human characteristics to a god, an animal, or an inanimate object [such as expressed in Exodus 15:26: "If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes...].	9
7958919707	Metaphor	The comparison of two seemingly unlike things.	10
7958919708	Analogy	A comparison of two things to show that they are alike in certain respects.	11
7958919709	Oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines apparently contradictory or incongruous ideas or words, such as "bitter sweet," "jumbo shrimp," and "good grief."	12
7958919710	Pun	A play on the multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings, such as sole and soul.	13
7958919711	Understatement	Saying less than one means. It may exist not only in what one says, but also in how one says it.	14