Final Review

What's the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

• Metaphors must rhyme.

• Similes are only used to describe people. Metaphors describe objects.

• Metaphors compare two things using "like" or "as". Similes do not use "like" or "as".

• Similes compare two things using "like" or "as". Metaphors do not use "like" or "as".

Which of the following is a simile?

• light as a feather

• strong

• filthy rich

• time is money

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• sharp as a tack

• loud as thunder

• whirlwind of chaos

• quiet as the grave

A noun is ____________.

• a word that describes a person, place, or thing

• a geographical location

• a person, place, thing, or state of being

• a word that connects two independent clauses

Which of the following is a noun?

• record player

• dancing

• melodic

• musical

Check all of the words that are pronouns.

• they

• she

• he

• man

How would an author use direct characterization?

• by changing the dialogue of the character to clearly convey a certain emotion

• by showing what a character is like through actions

• by showing interactions between two characters

• by directly telling the reader what a character is like

Dramatic irony occurs when _______.

• what happens in a situation is not at all what the readers would expect to happen

• the audience/reader knows something that at least one character does not know

• one character intentionally misleads another

• the climax of the story is not particularly exciting

An adverb describes ________.

• an adjective or another adverb

• a noun

• an action

• an idea

Pick the phrase that is an oxymoron.

• heavy rain

• loud as a siren

• waking dream

• like a bull in a china shop