Vocabulary Quiz 4B

Comparing two different things using "like" or "as"

• imagery
• simile
• metaphor
• symbolism

a word or words that imitate a sound

• imagery
• repetition
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

a word or phrase not to be taken literally

• personification
• metaphor
• exaggeration
• idiom

comparing two things without using "like" or "as"

• simile
• metaphor
• oxymoron
• allusion

using an object or word to represent an idea

• alliteration
• personification
• symbolism
• idiom

reference to a person, place, or event that is real or fiction

• allusion
• alliteration
• oxymoron
• abhorrence

spreading warmth and friendliness

• malicious
• traipse
• amiable
• simile

having the nature of threatening evil

• amiable
• oxymoron
• malicious
• illustrious

laborious, heavy and dull 

• ponderous
• malicious
• amiable
• repetitious

to walk around heavily and with reluctance

• personification
• amiable
• illustrious
• traipse