Literary Terms Review

1. Repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of words that are near to each other. Often used in poetry.

• tone

• simile

• personfication

• alliteration

A direct comparison of two otherwise unlike things that have some qualities in common. Ex., My hands are ice cubes.

• metaphor

• simile

• tone

• personification

A comparison using "like" or "as." Ex., My hands are like ice cubes.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

The main idea, lesson, or message about life in a text. Ex., If you learn from your mistakes, then those mistakes are gifts, not problems.

• alliteration

• theme

• flashback

• foreshadowing

The giving of human qualities and traits to an animal, object or idea. Ex., The dandelions danced in the breeze.

• tone

• theme

• personfication

• metaphor

Hints about what will happen in the future of a text.

• hyperbole

• theme

• foreshadowing

• flashback

When the author takes the reader back in time to share an important memory.

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• alliteration

• simile

What kind of figurative language is being used?

Avery ate an amazing apple at Andrew's.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• simile

• imagery

What kind of figurative language is being used?

Chase cried like a baby after he ate too much pasta.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• imagery

What kind of figurative language is being used?

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands.

• simile

• imagery

• personification

• hyperbole