Ap English Exam Flashcards
What is Alliteration
When the beginning of words start with the same consonant or vowel sounds in stressed syllables- and the words are close together
ex. The cute cat climbed up the crooked table
What is Allusion
A brief reference, explicit or indirect, to a person, place, and event to to another work or passage. The writer expects the reader to recognize the reference. There are 4 of them, historical, biblical, literary, and mythological.
What is a biblical allusion
A biblical allusion refers to a reference from the Bible.
ex. To the garden of Eden
What is a literary allusion
They refer to a person, place, or something from another text.
ex. She was a real Einstein
What is a historical allusion
Refers to a person, place, or event from a significant time in history
ex. It was a regular Battle of the Bulge or she’s another Joan of the Arc.
What is a mythological allusion
Refers to something from mythology.
ex. That is my Achilles’ heel
What is a Couplet
A couple is made of two people, things, two of everything. So a couplet is made up of two lines that rhyme.
ex. “For there never was a story of more woe,
Then this of Juliet and her Romeo.
What is a Hyperbole
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to give a statement.
ex. I am so hungry I could eat a horse
What is a Metaphor
A figure of speech which 2 unlike things are compared without using “like” or “as” or “than”.
ex. He is a fish when it comes to swimming.
What is Onomatopoeia
When a word is used that demonstrates a sound.
ex. buzz, zap, crunch
ex. The bees buzzed
What is Oxymoron
A word or group of words that is self-contradicting
ex. pretty ugly, bittersweet, slumber party
What is a Paradox
At first doesn’t make sense, and you have to reflect to better understand.
ex. “In order to keep the peace, we have to go to war”
What is Personification
A figure of speech where objects, animals, or ideas are given a human trait or personality.
ex. The stars danced in the sky
What is a Simile
A figure of speech which 2 unlike things are compared using “like”, “as”, or “than”
ex. Her eyes are as blue as the ocean
What is a Theme
A statement of the central idea of a work, usually implied rather than directly stated. Can include a message, moral, or lesson.
