Figurative Language/Poetic Devices
______________ is an extreme exaggeration.
Hyperbole
Which type of narration makes use of pronouns such as "my", "I", and "we"?
First-person
My friends told their friends, "Their not going to understand until I make it clear that 'there' is absolutely my favorite word."
Their>>>They're
Delight is to grin as dismay is to
(A) frown
(B) smile
(C) shrug
(D) stare
(E) giggle
A
"My roommate said her philosophy class was hard, and the one I'm in is hard, too. All philosophy classes must be hard!"
Hasty Generalization
_____________ is the use of repeated vowel sounds within a line of poetry.
Assonance
Describing a character by using their thoughts and words is a form of ______________ characterization.
indirect
"Which way do we go," the witch asked her two friends.
Flake is to snow as
(A) storm is to hail
(B) drop is to rain
(C) field is to wheat
(D) stack is to hay
(E) cloud is to fog
B
Green Peace's strategies aren't effective because they are all dirty, lazy hippies.
_____________ is when there are repeated consonant sounds at the ends of words.
Consonance
Which form of narration is nicknamed "God" narration?
3rd Person Omniscient
"I'm going weather you like it or not," the sister told the brother.
weather>>>whether
Fish is to gill as
(A) oyster is to shell
(B) penguin is to wing
(C) whale is to flipper
(D) mammal is to lung
(E) dolphin is to flipper
D
"President Jones raised taxes, and then the rate of violent crime went up. Jones is responsible for the rise in crime.“
Post Hoc
_______________ is when there are repeated consonant sounds at the start of words.
Alliteration
Which style of narration is used to write a letter to a friend?
2nd Person Narration
"Your beautiful," the man said to his daughter.
Your>>>You're
Blasphemy is to religion as adultery is to __________.
Possible Answers:
Marriage
The state
Divinity
Professionalism
Friendship
People who don't support the proposed state minimum wage increase hate the poor.
Straw Man
What is the term for the technique of a poet addressing his poem to a particular person or object.
Apostrophe
A ____________ character is one with many different layers, usually a major character in the story. A __________ character usually has one or two characteristics and is a minor character in a story.
Round, flat
"It isn't time to do that yet" the man warned the innocent bystander.
Comma inside of the last quotation mark
Creation is to destruction as implacable is to __________.
Possible Answers:
Yielding
Pitiless
Cruel
Callous
Merciless
Yielding
"Giving money to charity is the right thing to do. So charities have a right to our money."
Equivocation