AP Lang figurative language Flashcards

15024759113	Euphemism	a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing EX: saying that one has "passed away"	0
15024759114	oxymoron	a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction EX: Wolfshelm eating with "ferocious delicacy"	1
15024759115	metaphor	a figure or speech in which a word for a phrase is applied to an object or action to church it is not literally applicable EX: Gatsby throwing around his shirts represents him flaunting his money	2
15024759116	Litotes	ironic understatement EX: Gatsby refers to the accident on the road "you see that little detour"	3
15024759117	cliché	a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack or original thought it a sterotypical idea. EX: male dominance, female gold digger	4
15024759118	personification	the attribution of a personal nature or human character to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. EX:A "half a dozen fingers pointed at the amputated wheel"	5
15024759119	idiom	a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deductable from those of the individual words EX: "Daisy's voice was made of money"	6
15024759120	slimile	a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description word more emphatic or vivid	7
15024759121	analogy	a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification EX: "Tom compared a person leaving their rich husband for a poor one to interracial marriage"	8
15024759122	junxtaposation	the fact of two things being close together or places with contrasting effect. EX: The heat of ch.7 is juxtaposed with Daisy's phrase "you look so cool"	9
15024759123	antithesis	a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else EX: East Egg and the Valley of the Ashes, so therefore Tom and George live...	10
15024759124	synecdocge	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole EX: Owl eyes is reffered to by his glasses	11
15024759125	metonymy	the substitution of the name of an attribute if adjunct for that thing ment EX: the use of the East Egg and West Egg as a reference to the people that inhabit it	12
15024759126	paradox	a seemingly absurb over self contradictory statement or a proposition that when invested or explained may prove to be well founded or true EX: I like large parties, they are so intimate	13
15024759127	apostrophe	when the speaker speaks directly to someone who is not present or is dead, or speak to an inanimate object. EX: "romeo o Romeo where for art thou"	14
15024759128	hyperbole	exaggerate statements or claims not ment to be taken lightly EX: I've been lying on that couch for as long as I can remember	15