Ap literature terms Flashcards
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| 10587545819 | Anaphora | The use of the same word at the begining of several lines. | 0 | |
| 10587545820 | Synesthesia | Rhetorical device, the description of one kind of sense perception like "sweet music." | 1 | |
| 10587545821 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing "hit me up" | 2 | |
| 10587545822 | Tautology | needless repetition which adds no meaning or significance "free gifts " | 3 | |
| 10587545823 | cacophony | unpleasant combination of noise "girls' screaming " | 4 | |
| 10587545824 | Portmanteau | a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings "hangry" | 5 | |
| 10587545825 | Malapropism | the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one " I went a nice lunch restroom" | 6 | |
| 10587545826 | inverctive | Abusive and violent language "****" | 7 | |
| 10587545827 | Polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions "we laughed and loved and eat and jumped " | 8 | |
| 10587545828 | Hyperbole | Intensional exaggeration "the line took forever " | 9 | |
| 10587545829 | Chiasmus | Inverted sentence structure "I am Sam, Sam am I" | 10 | |
| 10587545830 | Satire | Smart humor that hold something up to mock it, "Family guy " | 11 | |
| 10587545831 | Metonymy | Something closely associated with something represents the whole "go see the track" | 12 | |
| 10587545832 | Ellipses | Indicated by a series of three periods; shows that words have been omitted.... | 13 | |
| 10587545833 | Anachronism | something out of place in time " Abraham Lincoln plays his PS4" | 14 |