AP Lang. figurative language Flashcards
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| 14921217840 | alliteration | repetition of a letter or sound in a phrase or sentence. "Black bug bit a big black bear" | 0 | |
| 14921225280 | Allusion | Short/ Indirect reference to something not in original work. "You're acting like such a scrooge" | 1 | |
| 14921232156 | Amplification | Making a sentence more dramatic and complicated. "the assignment took forever to complete" --> "The assignment contained many complicated concepts and involved many steps." | 2 | |
| 14921245650 | Analogy | comparison of two things, typically and idea vs object "life is like a box of chocolate" | 3 | |
| 14921257379 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses "I came, I saw, I conquered" | 4 | |
| 14921263289 | Antanagage | to follow a negative point with a positive one. "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" | 5 | |
| 14921271125 | Antimelabole | Repeating a series of words or phrases in opposite order. "I'm stuck on Band-aid brand, because band-aid's stuck on me" | 6 | |
| 14921288384 | Antiphrasis | the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (sarcasm) "you didn't do your HW? real smart." | 7 | |
| 14921299766 | Antithesis | a contrast or opposition between two things.. "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" | 8 | |
| 14921315214 | Appositive | A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun. "my dog, rascal." | 9 |