Unit 2 Review: Plot, Figurative Lang, Point of View, Theme

Comparing two unlike things using the words "like or as"

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Giving human characteristics to things that are not human

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

A comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as-stating that one thing IS another

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in a group of words

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Extreme exaggeration used for effect is called

• pun

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Words that mimic the sound they represent is called

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• pun

A commonly used expression that isn't meant to be taken literally

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

• alliteration

Which type of figurative language is this example?

Rosa Parks raised a rallying cry for racial equality.

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Which types of figurative language is this example?

The sun slid silently down into the horizon.

• idiom, hyperbole

• simile, metaphor

• alliteration, personification

• hyperbole, onomatopoeia

Which type of figurative language is this example?

That house is so big that the White House could be its garage!

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia