SOUND DEVICES AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

A DELIBERATE EXAGGERATION OFTEN USED FOR COMIC EVENTS IS KNOWN AS:

• SIMILE

• HYPERBOLE

• METAPHOR

• PERSONIFICATION

A COMPARISON OF TWO UNLIKE THINGS USING like or as IS CALLED:

• HYPERBOLE

• METAPHOR

• SIMILE

• RHYME

VOCAL IMITATION OF A SOUND THAT NAMES A THING OR ACTION IS A:

• PERSONIFICATION

• ALLITERATION

• REPETITION

• ONOMATOPOEIA

WHEN HUMAN QUALITIES ARE GIVEN TO THINGS OR ANIMALS WE CAN SAY THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF:

• METAPHOR

• SIMILE

• PERSONIFICATION

• ALLITERATION

RHYTHM IS...

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A REPETITION OF THE FIRST CONSONANT SOUND OF A WORD OR PHRASE IS AN:

• ONOMATOPOEIA

• ALLITERATION

• ASSONANCE

• EXAMPLE

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SIMILE AND A METAPHOR?

• SIMILES COMPARE TWO UNLIKE THINGS

• SIMILES USE LIKE AND AS AND METAPHORS DON'T

• METAPHORS ARE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• METAPHORS USE ONLY LIKE

WHICH SOUND DEVICE IS USED IN THIS LINE:

But a better butter makes a batter better.

• RHYME

• METAPHOR

• ALLITERATION

• PERSONIFICATION

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

but I have promises to keep,

and miles to go before I sleep,

and miles to go before I sleep.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF:

• PERSONIFICATION

• REFRAIN

• ALLITERATION

• METAPHOR

Your life is an open book.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF:

• SIMILE

• METAPHOR

• PERSONIFICATION

• HYPERBOLE