Study game for AP LanguageOnline version Match the descriptions of the glossary to it's term by Jesse Rembert 1 What does this connect to. 2 What does this connect to? 3 What does this connect to? 4 What does this connect to? 5 What does this connect to? 6 What does this connect to? 7 What is this connected to? 8 What does this connect to? 9 What does this connect to? 10 What does this connect to? 11 What does this connect to? 12 What does this connect to? Clause A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. An independent, or main, clause expresses a complete thought and can sand alone as a sentence. A dependent, or subordinate clause cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by an independent clause. Personification Attribution of a lifelike (human or animal) quality to an inanimate object or idea. Metaphor A comparison between two unlike things. Analogy The comparison of a subject to something that is similar to it in order to clarify the subject’s nature, purpose, or function. Simile A comparison between two different objects using the word "like" or "as". Metonymy A trope which substitutes the name of an entity with something that is closely associated with it. Synecdoche A figure of thought in which the term for part of something is used to represent the whole, or, less commonly, the term for the whole is used to represent a part. Hyperbole A trope in which a point is stated in a way that is greatly exaggerated. The effect of hyperbole is often to imply the intensity of a speaker’s feelings or convictions by putting them in uncompromising or absolute terms. Understatement A form of irony in which a point is deliberately expressed as less, in magnitude, value, or importance, than it actually is. Paradox A trope in which a statement that appears on the surface to be contradictory or impossible turns out to express an often-striking truth. Oxymoron A compressed paradox that closely links two seemingly contrary elements in a way that, on further consideration, turns out to make good sense. Litotes A figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite.
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