11th Grade Semester Exam Study Guide

An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction, such as 'bittersweet' or 'deafening silence.'

Extremely average.

A figure of speech that involves an implied comparison between two unlike things.

A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as', such as 'cold as ice.'

'That man is cold as ice.'

Death.

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words, often used to create rhythm or enhance mood.

Vowel rhyme.

Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity, often at the end of words.

Alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.