AP Vocabulary List #2 Flashcards

14836128418	Personification	A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.	0
14836128419	Simile	A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things.	1
14836128420	Trope	The generic name for a figure of speech such as image, symbol, simile, and metaphor.	2
14836128440	Metonymy	A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it.	3
14836128421	Allegory	The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.	4
14836128422	Imagery	The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions.	5
14836128423	Theme	The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. Usually it is unstated in fictional works, but in nonfiction, it may be directly stated, especially in expository or argumentative writing.	6
14836128424	Archetype	An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form.	7
14836128425	Extended metaphor	A series of comparisons between two unlike things.	8
14836128426	Irony	The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. The difference between what appears to be and what actually is true.	9
14836128427	Caricature	A grotesque or exaggerated likeness of striking qualities in persons and things.	10
14836128428	Hyperbole	A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.	11
14836128429	Symbolism	The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object.	12
14836128430	Figure of speech	A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things.	13
14836128431	Oxymoron	A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox.	14
14836128432	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer.	15
14836128433	Metaphor	A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity.	16
14836128434	Burlesque	A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation.	17
14836128435	Motif	A phrase, idea, or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in an essay or other discourse.	18
14836128436	Genre	Term used to describe literary forms, such as novel, play, essay, etc.	19
14836128437	Figurative language	Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.	20
14836128438	Synecdoche	A type of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole, the whole for a part, or in short, any portion , section, or main quality for the whole or the thing itself (or vice versa).	21
14836128439	Atmosphere	The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described.	22