Vocab Acquisition 2

This figure of speech make a direct comparison using two unlike things.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

This part of speech give human characteristic to non human entities.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

This figure of speech compares two unlike things using like or as to help make the comparison.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

"Max's personality is as colorful as a box of crayons" is an example of

• simile
• metaphor

"The night is a big, black cat" is an example of 

• simile
• metaphor

She wept oceans of tears.

• Transferred Epithet

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

I am going to buy some fruit.

• go

• purchase

• give

• take

My sister will try to bake a cake.

• attempt

• close

• start

• read

My grandfather was a wealthy man.

• rich

• poor

• quiet

• strict

What is a synonym for help?

• assist
• hurt
• forget
• work