PSSA Vocabulary Part 1 ELA

______________________ is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds.

• alliteration

• imagery

• metaphor

• personification

_______________________ is a word or group of words which appeal to the reader's senses.

• alliteration

• imagery

• metaphor

• personification

_______________________ is an object or idea given human qualities or human form.

• alliteration

• imagery

• metaphor

• personification

_______________________ is a figure of speech that expresses an idea through the image of another object (compares).

• alliteration

• imagery

• metaphor

• personification

_____________ is an implied reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event.

• allusion

• irony

• onomatopoeia

• simile

____________________ is the use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal meaning; the actual result is different than the expected result.

• allusion

• irony

• onomatopoeia

• simile

_____________________ is the use of words whose sounds express or suggest their meaning.

• allusion

• irony

• onomatopoeia

• simile

________________________ is a word that is opposite of another word.

• antonym

• synonym

______________________ is one of two or more words in a language that have highly similar meanings.

• antonym

• synonym

_______________________ is making an overstatement or to stretch the truth.

• exaggeration

• symbolism