Ap Terms Flashcards

12760180363	Asyndeton	omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words (opposition of polysydeton )	0
12760099939	Allusion	A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.	1
12760121116	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds	2
12760127486	Archetype	a very typical example of a certain person or thing	3
12760220078	dramatic irony	Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.	4
12760238150	foil character	a character's whose main purpose is to highlight the strengths of another character	5
12760249602	Foreshadowing	A narrative device that hints at coming events	6
12760577048	Hyperbole	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.	7
12760605169	Metaphor	a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.	8
12761028992	Personification	the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.	9
12761080736	Polysyndeton	the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural	10
12761610613	Onomatopoeia	the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named	11
12761735613	Similie	a comparison between two unlike things using like or as	12
12761739493	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	13
12761749981	verisimilitude	the appearance of being true or real	14
12761768536	Zeugma	a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses	15