AP Lang Summer--Figurative Language Flashcards
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| 10471687523 | allegory | device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning | 0 | |
| 10471693839 | example of allegory | hope or freedom; moral truth or human existence | 1 | |
| 10471696301 | allusion | reference to something which is presumably commonly known | 2 | |
| 10471697178 | example of allusion | the rise in poverty will unlock the Pandora's box of crimes | 3 | |
| 10471700798 | analogy | explaining something complex by comparing it to something more simple; similes and metaphors can be used to develop an analogy | 4 | |
| 10471704685 | example of analogy | just as the sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer | 5 | |
| 10471707750 | anecdote | short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event | 6 | |
| 10471711602 | example of anecdote | usually dealing with the life of a person | 7 | |
| 10471712284 | conceit | fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy | 8 | |
| 10471714784 | example of conceit | "the broken heart is a damaged china pot." much like metaphor and/or simile but should be shocking rather than boring | 9 | |
| 10471718644 | extended metaphor | a metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work | 10 | |
| 10471721026 | example of extended metaphor | their heart is icy, blood frosty, its ventricles rich with icicles; and their words have turned into ice cubes that can chill iced tea | 11 | |
| 10471726191 | imagery | any descriptive language used to evoke a vivid sense or image something | 12 | |
| 10471727389 | example of imagery | "the water was a pearl-studded sea of azure tipped with turquoise." | 13 | |
| 10471730192 | metaphor | direct comparison between two things make them equal; something is something else | 14 | |
| 10471732304 | example of metaphor | life is a book | 15 | |
| 10471732306 | oxymoron | two words that contradict themselves | 16 | |
| 10471733198 | example of oxymoron | "jumbo shrimp" "cruel kindness" | 17 | |
| 10471735400 | paradox | statement that appears to be self-contradictory but contains some truth | 18 | |
| 10471737000 | example of paradox | I must be cruel to be kind | 19 | |
| 10471737792 | personification | giving human characteristics to a nonhuman object or idea | 20 | |
| 10471738972 | example of personification | the sun was shining happily today | 21 | |
| 10471740112 | simile | comparison of two things using "like" or "as" | 22 | |
| 10471742209 | example of simile | life is like a box of chocolates | 23 | |
| 10471744304 | symbol | anything that represents something larger than itself | 24 | |
| 10471744990 | example of symbol | a red rose, or the color red, stands for love or romance | 25 | |
| 10471746727 | synesthesia | one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another | 26 | |
| 10471748750 | example of synesthesia | back to the region where the SUN is SILENT | 27 | |
| 10471751020 | theme | central idea or message | 28 | |
| 10471751996 | example of theme | fictional--usually unstated nonfiction--could be directly stated | 29 |