AP Fig Lang Review

Match the word to its definition.

• the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words near each other

• simile

• language that makes it point by self-consciously downplaying its real emphasis

• alliteration

• comparing two unlike things without using like or as

• Hyperbole

• direct, explicit comparison of one thing to another, usually using like or as

• understatement

• exaggerated language

• metaphor

Figurative language is not _____; it uses figures of speech in order to create meaning.

"The wind howls in disbelief"

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

"O Rose, thou art sick!" is an example of

• apostrophe

• allusion

• connotation

• understatement

Answer explanation

apostrophe is addressing a non-living entity

"In the howling storm" is an example of

• apostrophe

• allusion

• personification

• understatement

Answer explanation

apostrophe is addressing a non-living entity

______ is a word's direct and literal meaning (the dictionary definition), as opposed to its connotation.

Label the figurative language on the poem.

a

b

c

d

e

allusion

metaphor

understatement

alliteration (letter "d"

alliteration (letter "h")

Read this excerpt from Billy Collin's poem "Divorce"

Divorce

Once, two spoons in bed,

now tined forks

"two spoons in bed" is

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• irony

Read this excerpt from Billy Collin's poem "Divorce"

Divorce

Once, two spoons in bed,

now tined forks

"now tined forks" is

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• irony

When Romeo says, "Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!"

"Brawling love" and "Loving hate" are examples of

• allusions

• metaphors

• similes

• oxymoron

Answer explanation

An oxymoron is a self-contradicting word or group of words.

Example: Bittersweet