Unit 1 Review

alliteration

• A reader knows something that a character does not know

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• A word that sounds like the noise it refers to

• An exaggeration for humorous effect

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• I've told you to clean your room a million times!

• They fought like cats and dogs.

• He is as strong as an ox.

• A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.

hyperbole

• Giving an object or idea human characteristics or qualities

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• An exaggeration for humorous effect

• An object that represents an idea or relationship

Which of the following is an example of a hyperbole?

• I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

• A marriage counselor files for divorce.

• Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

• My alarm clock yells at me every morning.

idiom

• A reader knows something that a character does not know

• A contrast between what a reader expects to happen and what actually happens

• a figure of speech; an expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of the individual words

• When someone says one thing but means another (Sarcasm)

Which of the following is an example of an idiom?

• Your explanation is as clear as mud.

• That purse costs an arm and a leg!

• Your enemy's friend is your enemy.

• You were as brave as a lion.

dramatic irony

• The reader knows something that a character does not know

• A contrast between what a reader expects to happen and what actually happens

• When someone says one thing but means another (Sarcasm)

• A word that sounds like the noise it refers to

Which of the following is an example of dramatic irony?

• The police station gets robbed.

• If someone got in a fender bender and said, "Guess today's my lucky day…"

• "Just cross your fingers and hope you pass the test!"

• In Beauty and the Beast, the audience knows from the beginning of the movie that the beast is a prince, but Belle does not.

verbal irony

• A contrast between what a reader expects to happen and what actually happens

• An exaggeration for humorous effect

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• When someone says one thing but means another (Sarcasm)

Which of the following is an example of verbal irony?

• A pilot has a fear of heights.

• “I’m so glad Miss Graves moved up the deadline for our essays; I was hoping I’d have a lot of work to do this weekend!"

• The clanging pots and pans awoke the baby.

• It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing hats and jackets.