AP Fig Lang Review

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Figurative Language

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Language that uses figures of speech to create meaning, as opposed to literal language.

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Literal Language

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Language that means exactly what it says, without any figurative interpretation.

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Apostrophe

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A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing.

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Personification

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A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating one is the other.

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Simile

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Allusion

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An indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work that the reader is expected to recognize.

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Connotation

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The implied or associative meaning of a word, beyond its literal definition.

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Understatement

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A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is.

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a vivid picture in the reader's mind.