Figurative Language & Plot Structure

A simile is:

• the repetition of the initial (first) consonant sound.

• giving human qualities to things that are not human.

• A comparison using like or as.

• a comparison not using like or as.

How can the literary device of repetition best be explained?

• Two words of phrases that have a very similar sound.

• The moral lesson in the story.

• The main idea of the story.

• Using the same words or group of words multiple times.

The theme of a story can best be described as:

• THe moral or lesson of the story.

• The talking animals in the story.

• Words that can be seen, touched, tasted, heard, or smelled.

• An exaggeration.

Rhyme can be described as:

• An exaggeration

• Two words or phrases that have a very similar sound.

• A word or phrase that condradicts (goes against) itself.

• An object that stands for something else.

Onomatopoeia can best be described as:

• Words that imitate (copy) a sound.

• A word or phrase that contradicts (goes against) itself.

• A word that relates to one of the senses.

• Giving human qualitites to thing that are not human.

A metaphor is:

• a comparison not using like or as.

• a comparison using like or as.

• giving human qualities to things that are not human.

• a word or phrase that contradicts (goes against) itself.

An oxymoron can best be described as:

• a word that imitates (copies) a sound.

• a word or phrase that contradicts (goes against) itself.

• words that describe things that can be seen, touched, tasted, heard, or smelled.

Giving something human qualities that is not human is an example of which piece of figurative language?

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

• Symbolism

Alliteration can be defined as:

• two words or phrases that have a very similar sound.

• an exaggeration.

• an object that stands for something else.

• the repetition of the initial (first) consonant sound.

A symbol can be described as:

• words that describe things that can be seen, touched, heard or smelled.

• an object that stands for something else.

• an exaggeration

• a comparison using like or as.