AP English Terms- Figurative Language Flashcards
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| 14610087942 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning (dark symbolism) | 0 | |
| 14610090802 | Allusion | reference to something which is presumably commonly known | 1 | |
| 14610095907 | Analogy | Explaining something complex by comparing it to something more simple (similes and metaphors can be used to develop an analogy) | 2 | |
| 14610101468 | Anecdote | A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event. | 3 | |
| 14610104322 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy | 4 | |
| 14610106385 | Extended Metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 5 | |
| 14610107379 | Imagery | descriptive language | 6 | |
| 14610109242 | Metaphor | a direct comparison between two different things making them equal; something is something else | 7 | |
| 14610111205 | Oxymoron | two words that contradict each other | 8 | |
| 14610111926 | Paradox | A statement that appears self-contradictory, but contains some truth | 9 | |
| 14610114475 | Personification | giving human characteristics to non-human things or ideas | 10 | |
| 14610116932 | Simile | comparing two things using like or as | 11 | |
| 14610118382 | Symbol | anything that represents something larger | 12 | |
| 14610119891 | Synesthesia | one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another | 13 | |
| 14610121444 | Theme | central idea or message in a work of literature | 14 |