English 2 Fall Semester Exam Review

Comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• foreshadowing

• metaphor

• oxymoron

a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

• oxymoron

• theme

• euphemism

• tone

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

how the author feels about the topic

• tone

• mood

• diction

• foreshadowing

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

• connotation

• theme

• mood

• diction

comparing two things without using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• foreshadowing

• diction

the use of clues to hint at what will happen later in the text

• diction

• foreshadowing

• euphemism

• connotation

giving human characteristics to non-human things and objects

• theme

• oxymoron

• diction

• personification

the use of an object, word, etc. to represent itself and an abstract concept (hope, love, fear, etc)

• diction

• symbolism

• theme

• connotation

an exaggeration

• idiom

• diction

• tone

• hyperbole