Figurative Language - Unit 5

What is a direct comparison between two things, that doesn't use like or as?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

What is an exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

What term means "character's viewpoint or interpretation based on experiences and background"?

• perspective

• setting

• onomatopoeia

• point of view

What is a word that imitates the sound that it makes?

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

What is the term for who is narrating the story, and can be either 1st or 3rd.

• personification

• point of view

• setting

• perspective

What is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words called?

• setting

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

What is the term for where and when a story takes place?

• point of view

• perspective

• setting

• personification

What is the term for giving humanlike qualities to something that is not human?

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

What is a comparison between two things that uses "like" or "as"?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

"My fellow middle schoolers buzzed at this news" is an example of what?

• alliteration

• onomoatopoeia

• simile

• hyperbole