Study sets matching "figurative language ap literature"
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Classes
Users
Connotation
Denotation
Parable
Allegory
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its lite…
The dictionary definition of a word
A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson
A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions repre…
Connotation
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its lite…
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Alliteration
Allusion
Anachronism
Analogy
Repetition of consonant sounds. "She sells sea shells by the s…
A reference to history or literature, including the Bible and…
Persons, objects, or events placed in the wrong time period. "…
A comparison between two things to show how they are alike. "I…
Alliteration
Repetition of consonant sounds. "She sells sea shells by the s…
Allusion
A reference to history or literature, including the Bible and…
Dramatic Irony
Lyric
Admonition
Anachronism
the audience knows something that the character doesn't
An emotional rhyming poem
Cautionary advice; sometimes scoding
something that doesn't belong in a time period
Dramatic Irony
the audience knows something that the character doesn't
Lyric
An emotional rhyming poem
Connotation
Denotation
Parable
Allegory
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its lite…
The dictionary definition of a word
A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson
A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions repre…
Connotation
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its lite…
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Abstract
Allusion
Analogy
Apostrophe
ideas or general qualities of things, lacking vivid detail
a reference to something literary, mythological, biblical, the…
a comparison of two different things which are similar in some…
a device used wherein a character addresses a dead, absent, or…
Abstract
ideas or general qualities of things, lacking vivid detail
Allusion
a reference to something literary, mythological, biblical, the…
Symbolism
Personification
Metaphor
Conceit
The use of a concrete object to suggest something else, often…
Giving humanlike characteristics to something other than a per…
A comparison of 2 unlike things.
An extended metaphor comparison.
Symbolism
The use of a concrete object to suggest something else, often…
Personification
Giving humanlike characteristics to something other than a per…
Literally
Examples of literal statements
Figuratively
Examples of figurative statements
Words function exactly as defined.
Trevor Noah is a comedian. Jon Stewart is a man. Donald Trump…
A statement where the speaker has to figure out what it "actua…
I've got your back. He was her Prince Charming. It was a turn…
Literally
Words function exactly as defined.
Examples of literal statements
Trevor Noah is a comedian. Jon Stewart is a man. Donald Trump…
Allusion
Analogy
Conceit
Metaphor
a reference in literature to an event or person in history, my…
a comparison between two things ... Ex. life is like a box of cho…
An imaginative figure of speech drawing an analogy between two…
a comparison between two unlike things without "like" or "as"
Allusion
a reference in literature to an event or person in history, my…
Analogy
a comparison between two things ... Ex. life is like a box of cho…
figures of speech
figurative language
imagery
apostrophe
the use language that deviates from the literal, denotative me…
language that is not literal in its expression but uses figure…
the use of figurative language to evoke a feeling, call to min…
a punctuation mark ( ' ) used to indicate either possession (e…
figures of speech
the use language that deviates from the literal, denotative me…
figurative language
language that is not literal in its expression but uses figure…
figures of speech
figurative language
imagery
apostrophe
the use language that deviates from the literal, denotative me…
language that is not literal in its expression but uses figure…
the use of figurative language to evoke a feeling, call to min…
a figure of speech that addresses a person not present or one…
figures of speech
the use language that deviates from the literal, denotative me…
figurative language
language that is not literal in its expression but uses figure…
alliteration
allusion
assonance
cliche
The repetition of a beginning consonant sound for effect
When an author makes a reference to another piece of literatur…
The repetition of a beginning vowel sound for effect
A phrase that is overuse
alliteration
The repetition of a beginning consonant sound for effect
allusion
When an author makes a reference to another piece of literatur…
Metaphor
Simile
Conceit
Personification
Figure of speech which makes a direct comparison of two unlike…
A direct comparision of two unlike objects, using like or as
An extended metaphor comparing two unlike objects with powerfu…
Figure of speech in which objects and animals have human quali…
Metaphor
Figure of speech which makes a direct comparison of two unlike…
Simile
A direct comparision of two unlike objects, using like or as
Imagery
Similie
Metaphor
Alliteration
Language that appeals to the senses. Descriptions of people or…
A figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between…
A figure of speech which involves an implied comparison betwee…
Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words…
Imagery
Language that appeals to the senses. Descriptions of people or…
Similie
A figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between…
Imagery
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Uses the five senses
A comparison of two things using the words like or as
Comparison without the word like or as and used the verb TO BE…
The repetition of sounds at the beginning and end of words
Imagery
Uses the five senses
Simile
A comparison of two things using the words like or as
figurative language
Metaphors
Personification
Metonymy/synecdoche
writing or speech not meant to be taken literally
comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as
the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
use of an associated word to stand in for a bigger idea
figurative language
writing or speech not meant to be taken literally
Metaphors
comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as
Allegory
Alliteration
Allusion
Assonance
A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions repre…
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close…
Allegory
A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions repre…
Alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Paradox
Example of a Paradox
Overstatement
Example of Overstatement
an apparent contradiction that's nevertheless somehow true. It…
"Men work together whether they work together or apart." by Ro…
exaggeration in the service of the truth
"It was not a mere man he was holding, but a giant; or a block…
Paradox
an apparent contradiction that's nevertheless somehow true. It…
Example of a Paradox
"Men work together whether they work together or apart." by Ro…
Alliteration
Example of Alliteration
Hyperbole
Example of Hyperbole
The repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at le…
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
A trope composed of exaggerated words or ideals used for empha…
"I've told you a million times not to call me a liar!"
Alliteration
The repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at le…
Example of Alliteration
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
Personification
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
Using human characteristics to describe non-human things (obje…
Comparison between two unrelated things NOT using words such a…
Word that imitates a sound... BANG!
Descriptive language that creates a picture in one's mind whil…
Personification
Using human characteristics to describe non-human things (obje…
Metaphor
Comparison between two unrelated things NOT using words such a…
allegory
allusion
analogy
aphorism
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a…
an expression designed to call something to mind without menti…
a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of…
a pithy observation that contains a general truth
allegory
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a…
allusion
an expression designed to call something to mind without menti…
allusion
analogy
conceit
hyperbole
an indirect reference to something (usually a literary text) w…
a comparison to a directly parallel case; when used, an author…
an often unconventional, logically complex, or surprising meta…
conscious exaggeration used to heighten effect; not intended l…
allusion
an indirect reference to something (usually a literary text) w…
analogy
a comparison to a directly parallel case; when used, an author…
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Anthropomorphism
comparison using like, as, or than
a direct comparison
a figure of speech in which the poet describes an abstraction,…
a form of personification in which human qualities are attribu…
Simile
comparison using like, as, or than
Metaphor
a direct comparison
Litotes
Carpe diem
Epiphany
Circumlocution
employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in oth…
means that one should act today, and not wait for the future.
moment in the story where a character achieves realization, aw…
an ambiguous or paradoxical way of expressing things, ideas, o…
Litotes
employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in oth…
Carpe diem
means that one should act today, and not wait for the future.