Figurative Language Flashcards by Rachel Milner

Flashcards in Figurative Language Deck (11)

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Allusion

Short, informal reference to a generally well-known place, person, event, etc.

Analogy

An extended comparison between two unlike things (similar to a simile or metaphor); usually a well-known thing is employed to explain something less familiar

Apostrophe

Direct address of a personified object or audience, that is a forceful emotional device (often found in informal writing)

Irony

The contrast between what seems to be and what really is.
Three types:
1. Dramatic - the reader or audience knows more bout what is happening/is about to happen than the characters do.
2. Situational - an event is the opposite of what is expected.
3. Verbal - words mean the opposite of what is intended

Kairos

Rhetoric art of seizing the occasion, covering both timing and the appropriate medium

Juxtaposition

Placing two terms/concepts together for the sake of comparison/contrast

Metaphor

Figure that makes a comparison without using like or as. It's different from analogy in that it usually describes with vivid language rather than try to explain something unfamiliar

Metonymy

Reference to something closely related to the actual subject, so standing in for the object itself

Paradox

An impossible pair that does point to a truth

Synecdoche

Use of a part of something to represent the whole (close to metonymy)

Understatement

Force of description is less than one might expect. This can emphasize an idea, calm a reader, highlight an extreme nature, or add humor.

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Allusion

Short, informal reference to a generally well-known place, person, event, etc.

Analogy

An extended comparison between two unlike things (similar to a simile or metaphor); usually a well-known thing is employed to explain something less familiar

Apostrophe

Direct address of a personified object or audience, that is a forceful emotional device (often found in informal writing)

Irony

Kairos

Rhetoric art of seizing the occasion, covering both timing and the appropriate medium

Juxtaposition

Placing two terms/concepts together for the sake of comparison/contrast

Metaphor

Figure that makes a comparison without using like or as. It's different from analogy in that it usually describes with vivid language rather than try to explain something unfamiliar

Metonymy

Reference to something closely related to the actual subject, so standing in for the object itself

Paradox

An impossible pair that does point to a truth

Synecdoche

Use of a part of something to represent the whole (close to metonymy)

Understatement

Force of description is less than one might expect. This can emphasize an idea, calm a reader, highlight an extreme nature, or add humor.

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AP Lang Rhetoric Terms > Figurative Language > Flashcards

Allusion

Short, informal reference to a generally well-known place, person, event, etc.

Analogy

An extended comparison between two unlike things (similar to a simile or metaphor); usually a well-known thing is employed to explain something less familiar

Apostrophe

Direct address of a personified object or audience, that is a forceful emotional device (often found in informal writing)

Irony

Kairos

Rhetoric art of seizing the occasion, covering both timing and the appropriate medium

Juxtaposition

Placing two terms/concepts together for the sake of comparison/contrast

Metaphor

Figure that makes a comparison without using like or as. It's different from analogy in that it usually describes with vivid language rather than try to explain something unfamiliar

Metonymy

Reference to something closely related to the actual subject, so standing in for the object itself

Paradox

An impossible pair that does point to a truth

Synecdoche

Use of a part of something to represent the whole (close to metonymy)

Understatement

Force of description is less than one might expect. This can emphasize an idea, calm a reader, highlight an extreme nature, or add humor.

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