Phs 2013 Ap Lang And Comp Summer Homework Cards

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Alliteration

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the use of the same consonant ( consonantal alliteration ) or of a vowel, not necessarily the same vowel ( vocalic alliteration ), at the beginning of each word or each stressed syllable in a line of verse

Example: around the rock the ragged rascal ran

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Anaphora

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Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences

Example: Three times we heard the bell resound.
Three times it rang to warn the town.

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Antithesis

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1. the exact opposite
2. contrast or opposition
3. the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, phrases, or words so as to produce an effect of balance
Examples: 1. the antithesis of right and wrong.
2. The smell of his breath was the antithesis of delightful.
3. my words fly up, my thoughts remain below

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Apostrophe

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1.the punctuation mark ' used to indicate the omission of a letter or number also used in English to form the possessive, as in John's father and twenty pounds' worth
2. A digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea.

Examples: 1. He's for he is
2. O Death, where is thy sting?

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Assonance

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1. the use of the same vowel sound with different consonants or the same consonant with different vowels in successive words or stressed syllables, as in a line of verse
2. partial correspondence; rough similarity

Example: time and light or mystery and mastery

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Chiasmus

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a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases

Example: He went to the country, to the town went she

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Euphemism

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The substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt

Example: to "to pass away" is a euphemism for "to die"

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Hyperbole

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1.obvious and intentional exaggeration.
2.an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally

Examples: 1. I am so hungry I could eat a cow.
2. I would wait an eternity

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Irony

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1. the humorous or mildly sarcastic use of words to imply the opposite of what they normally mean
2. an instance of this, used to draw attention to some incongruity or irrationality
3. incongruity between what is expected to be and what actually is, or a situation or result showing such incongruity
4. Dramatic irony: the irony occurring when the implications of a situation, speech, etc, are understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play
5. Socratic irony: pretended ignorance in discussion.

Examples: Someone stomps on the gas pedal and instead of fast acceleration, the car breaks and does not move at all

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Litotes

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an understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary

Example: “not bad at all.”

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Metaphor

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1. A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
2. Something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.

Examples: He is a lion in battle

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Metonymy

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A figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part.

Examples: "To count heads" for "to count people" or the crown to refer to a monarch

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Onomatopoeia

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the formation of a word by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.

Examples: Boom, Pow, Meow

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Oxymoron

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An epigrammatic effect, by which contradictory terms are used in conjunction.

Examples: Living death, cruel kindness

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Paradox

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1. A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
2. A self-contradictory and false proposition.
3. Any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature.
4. An opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion.

Example: "I always tell lies"

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Personification

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1. The attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.
2. The representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art.
3. The person or thing embodying a quality or the like; an embodiment or incarnation
4. An imaginary person or creature conceived or figured to represent a thing or abstraction.

Examples: 1. Books where animals speak english and act as humans.
3. He is the personification of tact

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Pun

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The humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.

Example: "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

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Simile

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A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared.

Examples: She is like a bulldozer

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Synecdoche

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A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special.

Example: "Ten sail" for ten ships,

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Understatement

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The act or an instance of stating something in restrained terms, or as less than it is.

Example: Saying, "It's just a flesh wound," when your arms are both chopped off.