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AP English Terms

need to know for AP Exam!! STUDY

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alliteration repetition of beginiing consonant sounds in words (righteous rapture; Singson Syllable; sing a song of sixpence; big, black bear
antithesis contrated ideas in parallel form (Give me liberty or give me death)
Apostrophe Speaking to something that cannot answer (Death, hear me cry amd tell me you will spare me now)
Contractions Shortening words by leaving out letters for poetic or other effect (o'er = over' 'tis = it is)
hyperbole overstatement and exageration (i died laughing)
litotes understatement; using words that deliberately say less than meant. (She had not a few regrets)
metaphor implied comparison between things basically not alike, but not using comparison words such as like or as (Her eyes were saucers; rodents scurrying into their underground subway; Harry, the brightly dressed peacock)
metonymy using a word to substitute for something else closely associated with it (the White House for the President)
Paradox using words and phrases that seem contradictory, but actually are true (Love and hate were intertwined)
Personification giving human characteristics to nonhuman things (Love held James in her arms; fear grabbed her tightly; death peered over her shoulder)
repitition repitition of sounds, rhyme, word, or phrase (Beat, drums, beat!)
rhyme using words that have similar vowel and consonant sounds (round, sound)
simile camparison between things basically not alike, and using the words like or as (Her lips were soft as rose petals)
synecdoche using part of something to represent the whole ("I don't have a penny" means "I don't have any money")
symbolism means using a person, object, situation, setting or actiom to stand for something different or more than it is. (Is your glass half empty or half full?)
Verbal Iromy saying the opposite of what is really meant (Dropping in on someone unexpectedly, finding them in a mess, and saying, "I can see you expected company")
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