AP Vocab Review 9/16

Front

Repeating words or images for emphasis

Back

Repetition

Front

Indirect reference to an event, person, place, or work from the Bible, mythology, or history.

Back

allusion

Front

Addressing someone or something as though present.

Back

apostrophe

Front

Represents another thing or an abstract idea

Back

Symbol/Symbolism

Front

A figure of speech comparing two dissimilar things.

Back

metaphor

Front

Comparison of dissimilar things using 'like' or 'as'

Back

simile

Front

Contradictory terms used for conflicting emotions (e.g., old news, deafening silence).

Back

oxymoron

Front

Attribute of human traits to nonhumans or abstract concepts.

Back

personification

Front

Exaggerated statement not meant literally, creating a desired effect.

Back

hyperbole

Front

Line of verse that carries over into the next without pause.

Back

enjambment