ap lit Figurative Language Flashcards
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| 7219432082 | colloquial language | the use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing | 0 | |
| 7219432083 | Jargon (n) | the specialized language of a trade, profession, or group of people | 1 | |
| 7219432084 | Denotation | positive association | 2 | |
| 7219432085 | Connotation | negative association of a word | 3 | |
| 7219432086 | monosyllabic | having one syllable | 4 | |
| 7219432087 | Polysyllabic | Having more than one and usually more than three syllables | 5 | |
| 7219432088 | Archaic | very old or old-fashioned | 6 | |
| 7219432089 | scholarly | academic sounding | 7 | |
| 7219432090 | Euphonious | musical | 8 | |
| 7219432091 | cacophonous | harsh sounding | 9 | |
| 7219432092 | ornate (adj) | elaborate | 10 | |
| 7219432093 | 7 deadly sins | pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth | 11 | |
| 7219432094 | Synesthesia | Associating two or more senses in the same image description | 12 | |
| 7219432095 | Zeugma | using 1 word or phrase to modify 2 or more others | 13 | |
| 7219432096 | symbolism (n) | use of concrete objects to suggest something else | 14 | |
| 7219432097 | Fresh imagery | describing something in very unique way that no one has though of | 15 | |
| 7219432098 | Personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea | 16 | |
| 7219432099 | animation | giving living qualities to an inanimate object | 17 | |
| 7219432100 | Metaphor | Comparing two things without using like or as | 18 | |
| 7219432101 | Conceit | extended metaphor | 19 | |
| 7219432102 | simile (n) | A comparison of two unlike things using like or as | 20 | |
| 7219432103 | catalog | An extensive (reaaaaally long) list in a poem to help the reader visualize | 21 | |
| 7219432104 | Hyperbole | tremendous exaggeration | 22 | |
| 7219432105 | Allegory | a literary device in which a character, object,or event represents a moral religious or even a political principle | 23 | |
| 7219432106 | allusion (n) | describing something by referring to a famous story | 24 | |
| 7219432107 | apostrophe | a direct address often to an inanimate object or to a person dead or not present | 25 | |
| 7219432108 | epigram (n) | a witty saying that employs contrast | 26 | |
| 7219432109 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 27 | |
| 7219432110 | Parable | allegorical story to illustrate a moral | 28 | |
| 7219432111 | Parody (n) | a work imitating the style of another for comedic effect | 29 | |
| 7219432112 | Aphorism (n) | a concise epigrammatic statement meant to reveal a truth or principle.become like proverbs when origin is unknown | 30 | |
| 7219432113 | archetype (n) | the original model from which a story structure ,character, theme, or plot is developed from humankind's collective unconsciousness | 31 | |
| 7219432114 | black or dark comedy | Involves dark, disturbing topics (death, suffering) and often found in Postmodern texts | 32 | |
| 7219432115 | Epic or Homeric Simile | elaborate simile in which simile itself is so extended that it obscures the original object being described/ancient epics often do this by comparing gods/monsters with an extended description of something ordinary so that people could understand | 33 | |
| 7219432116 | Verbal Irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 34 | |
| 7219432117 | kenning | a figurative,often compound descriptive phrase is used in place of common noun | 35 | |
| 7219432118 | leitmotif or motif | image or phrase that occurs repeatedly to unify a work and suggest a theme | 36 | |
| 7219432119 | litotes | making an affirmative point by negating its opposite, a type of understatement | 37 | |
| 7219432120 | Malapropism | misuse of a word where a word similar in sound bit with a different meaning is used for humorous effect | 38 | |
| 7219432121 | Metaphysical conceit | unusual extended metaphor of 2 very dissimilar things involving paradox/ presents the commonplace in an unusual way | 39 | |
| 7219432122 | Metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | 40 | |
| 7219432123 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is substituted for the whole. | 41 | |
| 7219432124 | paradox | a statement that seems not to be true but upon closer examination reveals a Truth | 42 | |
| 7219432125 | pathetic fallacy | applying human attributes and emotions to inanimate objects a more limited form of personification | 43 | |
| 7219432126 | phallus/phallic imagery | meant to suggest male dominance or power | 44 | |
| 7219432127 | Prosopopoeia | figure of speech where an absent,idea or imaginary person is given a voice,typically through another person | 45 | |
| 7219432128 | pun | a play on words with similar sound and spelling but different meanings or a play on words multiple meanings | 46 |